Review ?David Pinner's beautiful multifacted epic, The Drums of Snow...is filled with many powerful dramatic moments...his use of language is remarkable for its sheer aural beauty.? ?San Francisco Chronicle Product Description Writer of The Stalin Trilogy About the Author David Pinner trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, after which he appeared on stage and television in many roles. While he was playing the lead in 'The Mousetrap' in the West End, he wrote his first novel 'Ritual'(later made into the film The Wicker Man). He has written two other novels 'With My Body' and 'There?ll Always Be An England'. His stage plays include 'Dickon', 'Cartoon', 'Lucifer?s Fair', 'Hereward The Wake', 'The Potsdam Quartet', 'Shakebag', 'An Evening With The G.L.C.', 'Screwball', 'Revelations', 'The Teddy Bears? Picnic', 'The Last Englishman', 'The Sins of the Mother', 'Lenin in Love'.