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Rubble of Rubles by Novakovich, Josip
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- ISBN
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- Book Title
- Rubble of Rubles
- Item Length
- 8.5in
- Publisher
- Dzanc Books
- Publication Year
- 2022
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.6in
- Genre
- Fiction
- Topic
- General, Absurdist
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- 7.4in
- Item Weight
- 8.8 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 200 Pages
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From Man Booker International Prize finalist Josip Novakovich comes a satiric novel with teeth--a tale of Russia in the early aughts, perfect for fans of Dostoevsky and Gary Shteyngart. In this picaresque novel set in the early 2000s, David, an investment banker with Eastern European roots, goes bankrupt from the Enron fiasco, and moves to Russia to do some soul-searching. In the shadow of the Khazan cathedral, he's arrested for the murder of two Georgian wine-importers. David is imprisoned at Kresty, bewildered and alone. One day, Putin himself visits, with a modest proposal for David: to travel to Georgia and slip plutonium into the president's wine. This is the price of freedom: to assassinate a president. Told with Josip Novakovich's signature skill and satiric wit, Rubble of Rubles delves into the absurdity and menace of totalitarianism. At the crossroads of literary fiction, satire, and crime, this is a novel for modern fans of Notes from Underground and Absurdistan.
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Dzanc Books
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1950539644
ISBN-13
9781950539642
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Book Title
Rubble of Rubles
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
General, Absurdist
Publication Year
2022
Genre
Fiction
Number of Pages
200 Pages
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Item Length
8.5in
Item Height
0.6in
Item Width
7.4in
Item Weight
8.8 Oz
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"Throughout the madcap plotting, apervasive sense of menace never dissipates. An international comedy of errorsthat ventures to knowingly bleak places." -- Kirkus starred review "In vertiginous scenes that evoke Kafka,Dostoyevsky, and Alice in Wonderland, the police and prison officialssubject David to extortion, drugging, and interrogation, and even Putin himselfgets a cartoonish and nightmarish cameo. Not only is this sickeningly surreal,it's a hell of a ride." -- Publishers Weekly starred review "Josip Novakovich's latest novel is a tour deforce that exposes the complete corruption of the Russian police and legalsystem under Putin. David Dvornik is an insomniac, former investment banker,Russophile, amateur historian, and ex graduate student from Yale, who usessarcasm and farce to describe the absurdity of his daily life in SaintPetersburg. Novakovich turns the idea of Crime and Punishment onits head. Rather than the inevitable capture of the guilty, we see theinevitable punishment of the innocent." --Josh Barkan, author of Mexico:Stories "Crime and the lack of punishment--Josip Novakovichconjures up a picture of Saint Petersburg that would terrify Dostoevsky." --TiborFischer, author of Under the Frog " Rubble of Rubbles shows Josip Novakovich at his best. I know of no other writerwho knows how to ridicule the ridiculous and find meaning in the seeminglymeaningless. This is a comic novel with serious content, rich in dark humor andstartling cultural insights." --Jim Heynen, author of The One-RoomSchoolhouse "This novel took hold of me fromthe beginning and never let go. Kafkaesque for the first two-thirds, and thensomething else. I am not sure what: maybe a bit of the Wizard of Oz, and a bitHitchcock, with a happy ending. I shall never think of Russia the same way, orof Georgian wine. A timely book filled with humor and twists and turns." --RobertAppelbaum, author of Terrorism Before the Letter: Mythography and PoliticalViolence in England, Scotland, and France 1559-1642 "In a thrilling mix of anadventure novel and satire, Novakovich provides us with a fresh glimpse intothat horrifying and mysterious Russian soul. So relevant that it's scary!" --Lara Vapnyar, author of DivideMe By Zero "Josip Novakovich's narrativestyle--powerfully direct, crisplyprecise, bluntly confident without arrogance--is instantly recognizable and entirely sui generis. No singlesentence goes to waste in his texts, no word a throwaway one. His proseresonates with distant rhythms of faraway histories. He is one of thepreeminent storytellers of our time--and oneof the very best we have. In this remarkable, highly immersive novel, set inearly-aughts Russia poised on the cusp of becoming the moral catastrophe of astate it is today, his satire is cutting and unswerving, his gaze steadfast anduncommonly, uncannily observant." --Mikhail Iossel, author of EveryHunter Wants to Know
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