Books by Leo Vardiashvili
“A lot of it takes place in Tbilisi, the capital of Georgia. The story is told from the point of view of a young man, Saba. The backstory is that Saba left Georgia as a child with his father and brother during the country’s civil war, claiming asylum and living in Tottenham in London. They couldn’t afford to pay everybody’s passage, so their mother had to stay behind…The main story takes place when the boys are older. Their father decides he’s going back to Georgia, and he’s a bit mysterious about it—he doesn’t really explain why he’s going. He goes back and falls off the radar. The older brother goes after him, and he too falls off the radar. Then the younger brother, Saba, goes to find out what’s happened, first to his dad and then to his brother.” Read more...
Interviews where books by Leo Vardiashvili were recommended
The Best Adventure Novels: The 2024 Wilbur Smith Prize, recommended by Emma Styles
If you love adventure stories, you’ll be delighted to hear that there’s a book prize fully focused on them. Novelist Emma Styles, one of the judges for the 2024 Wilbur Smith Adventure Writing Prize, talks us through the shortlist for best published novel, from pirates in the Caribbean to World War II Italy, from Victorian London to a dystopian future Britain—by way of Nigeria and Tbilisi, Georgia.
