Hard by a Great Forest by Leo Vardiashvili

Hard by a Great Forest by Leo Vardiashvili* AN OBSERVER BEST NEW NOVELIST FOR 2024 ** SHORTLISTED FOR THE WILBUR SMITH ADVENTURE WRITING PRIZE 2024 *A spellbinding achievement FINANCIAL TIMESPoignant and often painfully comic OBSERVERI gasped, laughed, and wept my way through it KHALED HOSSEINISabas father is missing, and the trail leads back to Tbilisi, Georgia. Arriving in a city he has not seen for more than two decades, where escaped zoo animals prowl the streets and the voices of those

doors open on their own

and the romantic codes hidden in some of art’s greatest masterpieces

precisely crafted

microaggressions - to describe many of the events in this memoir

300 images from official and archive sources

an exclusive mini-comic

She has just begun to settle into her position when dashing Henry Austen and his younger sister Jane come to stay

cracking codes

ancient custom and impenetrable jargon

Travel around Europe and search and find the footballers as they sightsee

a laugh-out-loud

for brains