Day of the Oprichnik Sorokin Vladimir
Day of the Oprichnik Sorokin Vladimir One of The Telegraph's Best Fiction Books 2011Moscow, 2028. But wait--that's just his ring tone. A scream, a moan, and a death rattle slowly pull Andrei…
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Day of the Oprichnik Sorokin Vladimir
One of The Telegraph's Best Fiction Books 2011Moscow, 2028. But wait--that's just his ring tone. A scream, a moan, and a death rattle slowly pull Andrei Danilovich Komiaga out of his drunken stupor.
He will rape and pillage, and he will be moved to tears by the sweetly sung songs of his homeland.Vladimir Sorokin has imagined a near future both too disturbing to contemplate and too realistic to dismiss. So begins another day in the life of an oprichnik, one of the czar's most trusted courtiers--and one of the country's most feared men.In this new New Russia, where futuristic technology and the draconian codes of Ivan the Terrible are in perfect synergy, Komiaga will attend extravagant parties, partake in brutal executions, and consume an arsenal of drugs. But like all of his best work, Sorokin's new novel explodes with invention and dark humor.
A startling,