- Paperback: 219 pages
- Publisher: Penguin Books (29 Nov 2011)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0143120026
- ISBN-13: 978-0143120025
- Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 2.8 x 1 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,286,871 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Deep behind the Iron Curtain, Robespierre Pravdin, black marketeer, is prowling Moscow's streets, dividing his time between hustling wristwatches and trying to convince endless Party committees of the importance of Q-Tips to the grand Soviet future. By the author of "The Sisters".
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Communism's Catch-22
25 July 2004
Format:Hardcover
I was laughing, loving, and otherwise utterly hooked from the moment the main character, Robespierre Pravdin, began his sales pitch for Q-Tips. (It sounds lame here, but once you read the book you will never think of Q-Tips, or for that matter feminine deodorant or depilatory cream, the same way again). He crashes parties, he writes exceedingly quotable graffiti, and he says exactly what he thinks. He speaks a little Latin (though people always say, "is that Jewish?") and a little Hebrew (though people ask, "is that Latin?"). In the background, convoluted conspiracies and bureaucratic absurdity make his life as hellish as possible, eventually certifying him insane because can't be manipulated by them. This Catch-22-esque novel is a hilarious look at Communism: not condemnatory or hopeful, just irreverent.
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