![]() ![]() But one scientist has a message he considers so important that he manages to smuggle it out, and, by the most circuitous and devious means, it reaches the man he wants to summon. Any scientist who goes to work there is forbidden to leave, or even to communicate with the outside world. It’s an adventure story, set mainly in the frozen wastes of Siberia, where a highly secret underground research station is located – a laboratory so secret that it actually doesn’t officially exist. Well, Kolysmsky Heights is undoubtedly a remarkable achievement. Something to live up to there, then, and Pullman is far from alone in his praise of the book. This book has now reappeared thanks to Faber, who brought it out a few years ago as part of their Faber Finds series and who have now republished it with an introduction by Philip Pullman, who proclaims, on the smart new cover, that it is ‘the best thriller I’ve ever read’. ![]() I now know him to have been a celebrated writer of spy thrillers between 19, when Kolymsky Heights was published by Heinemann. I must admit that I’d never heard of Lionel Davidson before this novel came my way. ![]()
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