“A powerful story of the pain of marginalization: the marginalization of poverty, illiteracy, isolation, prejudice, in the tradition of the great Brazilian storytellers.”
—
Socorro Acioli, author of The Head of the Saint
“One of Russia’s most interesting young novelists takes on Putin, poison and power in this unique novel; Lebedev provides a fascinating window on modern Russia.”
Anne Applebaum, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Twilight of Democracy and Gulag: A History