β Scribed by Jack Womack
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"A remarkable novel" of a post-Communist Russia filled with gangsters and oligarchs, and one man's shady business deal that could land him in a world of trouble (The Boston Globe).
Part speculative fiction, part satire, Let's Put the Future Behind Us is a romp through 1990s Russia, as the closed society of the Soviet Union morphs into a modern capitalist free-for-all and Max Borodin finds himself, his wife, and his mistress in mortal dangerβin "a world of petty bureaucrats, shameless opportunists, and full-blown mafiosi" (Entertainment Weekly).
"An absurdist thriller narrated by one Max Borodin, an ex-Communist Party hack who has re-invented himself as a commercial operator with a cynical understanding of how to manipulate the strings of power. Cops are paid off with dollar bills, bureaucrats with phoney documents and racketeers with the consumer opiates of their choice. Max is always up for the main chance, and before...
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