Photo: © Martin Beddall/ 2007..Portrait of Tom Rob Smith, first-time author of the thriller novel set in the Soviet Union, ' Child 44 ' who gained a $1M advance and the movie rights to the novel have been bought by the director Ridley Scott..Photographed in London 18-12-07Tom Rob Smith,  author of the thriller 'Child 44', his debut novel, set in Stalin's Russia for which the film rights were bought by film director Ridley Scott
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