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Moscow Rules is a 2008 spy novel by Daniel Silva. [1] Featuring Gabriel Allon as a spy/assassin who works undercover as an art restorer, Moscow Rules explores the world of a rising Russia. The villain is a rich Russian oligarch who is a weapons dealer.
The Moscow rules are rules-of-thumb said to have been developed during the Cold War to be used by spies and others working in Moscow. The rules are associated with Moscow because the city developed a reputation as being a particularly harsh locale for clandestine operatives who were exposed. The list may never have existed as written.
Unusually for the Allon series, this novel is a sequel to the previous one (Moscow Rules), with many of the same characters, in particular the antagonist, Ivan Kharkov.. The beginning finds Gabriel Allon and his new wife Chiara resuming the honeymoon in rural Umbria which was interrupted by the events of Moscow Rules; Gabriel is again restoring a painting for the Vatican, this time Guido Reni ...
At Book Marks, a review aggregator website, the novel received a cumulative "positive" rating based on eleven reviews: three "rave", five "positive", and three "mixed". [5] On Bookmarks November/December 2016 issue, a magazine that aggregates critic reviews of books, the book received a (4.0 out of 5) based on critic reviews. [6]
Towles' first novel, Rules of Civility, was successful beyond his expectations. [ 11 ] His second novel, A Gentleman in Moscow , which was on the New York Times hardcover bestseller list for 59 weeks, [ 12 ] was a finalist for the 2016 Kirkus Prize for Fiction . [ 13 ]
His second novel, "A Gentleman in Moscow," is about to start streaming on Showtime and Paramount+. His first novel, "Rules of Civility," is being adapted for the screen. And his latest novel ...
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