Twenty-seven year-old Andrei always knew his dodgy business dealings could get him into trouble. But aside from the odd scam or tax fiddle he'd never done anything seriously wrong; nothing that thousands of other businessmen weren't doing every day. And so he agreed to be the fall guy for his boss when things went wrong. And they did go wrong ? far more so than Andrei ever anticipated. Instead of the suspended sentence he was banking on, Andrei was forced to do serious time in one of the most notorious prisons in Russia. Surrounded by hardened criminals with a low opinion of Russia's nouveau-riche financial classes, cut off from his expensive lifestyle, betrayed by those he trusted, Andrei turned inwards and discovered a new life amid the debris of the old. Do Time Get Time is a fast-paced, psychologically astute thriller of a novel. Tough, funny and quick-witted, it's a tale of survival and redemption set in one of Moscow's darkest places. AUTHOR: Andrey Rubanov was born in 1969. After studying at Moscow State University he worked variously as a driver, journalist and bodyguard before becoming a businessman in the new Russia. In 1996 he was convicted of fraud and imprisoned. In 1999 he was exonerated on appeal and released. This is his first book. SELLING POINTS: ?A fast-paced and exciting debut from a bestselling Russian author ?An autobiographical novel based on the author's own experiences ?Russian literature as you've never read it before REVIEWS: ?One of the most important windows onto the New Russian psyche and one of the best books on crime and punishment ever written, from the cold, heartless homeland of the genre' John Kelly, Prospect Magazine
