SERGE IOURIENEN. MARKSMAN. A NOVEL. C'est un grand livre. Le Figaro (Paris) A gripping account of what life on the border really means. The New York Times Book Review Dostoyevsky-ridden and Hemingway-haunted, the novel seems suspended between two cultures, two literatures… A strong writer. Publishers Weekly The narrative is undoubtedly about love. Novoye Russkoye Slovo (New York) Dense, puissant, profondément lyrique… Le Devoir, Montreal, Canada Flaunts a fascination with Western-style decadence and the excesses of the Male Writer as in Hemingway, Miller, Kerouac and Ian Fleming New Statesman (UK) Kirill, the narrator, is a KGB agent… It is always a surprising narrative... The Marksman is engrossing… The translation… by Rodger and Angela Keys sparkles… Yorkshire Post (UK) Versions of irony… Clever and sophisticated The Guardian (UK)