All That is Solid Melts into Air Condition:Well Read and a near maniacal state

and a near maniacal state of gut-wrenching autopilot busyness

dies in a mysterious car crash

But they are not alone in their search

The hotel is full of suspects who have potential motives—and convenient alibis

All That is Solid Melts into Air Condition:Well Read and a near maniacal stateRussia, 1986. In a run down apartment block in Moscow, a nine year old piano prodigy practices silently for fear of disturbing the neighbours. In a factory on the outskirts of the city, his aunt makes car parts, trying to hide her dissident past. In the hospital, a surgeon immerses himself in his work to avoid facing his failed marriage. And in a rural village in Belarus, a teenage boy wakes up to a sky of the deepest crimson. Outside, the ears of his