The best Russian-language dystopian novel of the second half of the 20th century. An incredibly funny and spirited satire on the ideology, myths, and reality of communism, equal in the scale of its irony to the works of Jonathan Swift himself.
Welcome to Moscowrep in the year 2042 — an amazing bastion of triumphant communism, thriving under the wise leadership of the great leader, Genialissimus.
Here, they save on everything—fabric and paper, haircuts and legal marriages. Here, they eat rutabaga and quinoa, visit "mobile sex service centers" named after Nadezhda Konstantinovna Krupskaya, and export "secondary product." Here, finally, the long-awaited ecstasy of the merger between the Communist Party and the secret services has taken place—and long live the great CPGB, the Communist Party of State Security!
However, the enemy never sleeps, and the unfading happiness of Moscowrep is threatened by the forces of the mysterious monarchist and national-patriot Sim Simych Karnavalov, who is secretly winning the sympathies of an ever-growing number of ungrateful communians...
Author: Vladimir Voinovich
Pages: 544 (newsprint). Paperback
Dimensions: 117x182 mm
Series: Exclusive Classics
