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by Victor Pelevin (Author)
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  • Paperback: 352 pages
  • Publisher: Faber and Faber (21 Feb 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0571227988
  • ISBN-13: 978-0571227983
  • Product Dimensions: 20.4 x 15.2 x 3 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 141,377 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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"An astonishing new novel from the 'Zen Buddhist Will Self of the former Evil Empire' (Independent)."

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A. Huli, the heroine of Victor Pelevin's latest book, is beautiful, slender and curiously foxlike. She lives in Moscow and works as a classy prostitute in the city's premier hotels. But when a client goes inexplicably and fatally berserk at the sight of her in his luxury suite, A. Huli has to leave in a hurry. She decides to explore new avenues and place an ad on the internet - and that's when the trouble really starts. Victor Pelevin's new work of fiction is both a supernatural love story and an outrageously funny satirical portrait of modern Russia. With all his characteristic humour and metaphysical ambition, Pelevin introduces us to an unforgettable cast of perverts, former KGB agents, oil tycoons and amorous werewolves.

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5.0 out of 5 stars pelevin does it again, only weirder!, 26 Feb 2008
This book is similar to The Clay Machine Gun, in that it focuses on metaphysics, indeed, it seems to be one long metaphysical conversation at times. It is written with Pelevin's usual poetic gift for prose and it adds occasional touches of humour which are in tune with the story's sexual overtones. But I should stress that although the story is about a millenia-old prostitute, the tone is rarely tawdry. It is essentially a love/reality transcendence tail (tee hee) albeit involving a werewolf and a foxy distant Chinese relative. The tone is fairly dark at times, but this may largely be due to the presence of Nordic mythology motifs, which, if you've read the Edda, are obviously nuts!
I would also urge you to purchase it, if merely for the fact that his publishers might get round to printing his other books if this sells well!

Also, the other review for this book is actually about Numbers, which hasn't been published yet, so don't expect any bankers and Pokemon. This is about werewolves, werefoxes and the FSB, fun!
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3.0 out of 5 stars Heads and Tails, 30 Mar 2008
By T. R. Cowdret "Tommy C" (Nottingham England) - See all my reviews
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I am a tentative fan of Pelevin's work. This book contains all that his readers expect of him and, for this reader, some of the problems that were present in his previous novels.
I love the cultural reference points which are at times flippant but almost always build to create very precise and apt analogies. I was particularly impressed by Pelevin's continuous reference to Bulgakov's 'A Dog's Heart' (which has some close plot similarities with 'The Sacred Book . . .').
Especially towards the end, however, I felt that the philosophical aspects of the book became too dense and were, to put it simply, confusing. I hold similar reservations concerning Pelevin's earlier novel 'The Clay Machine Gun.'
I enjoyed this book on the whole, however, and would certainly recommend it to readers with an interest in philosophy.
Maybe this is a bit of an anal point, but I was interested in how the title has been translated. On the cover the book is titled 'The Sacred Book of THE Werewolf' whereas on the title page inside the book the second pronoun is missing. Obviously Russian is a language without pronouns so I was wondering where this confusion arose. Re-reading those sentences, I realise how ridiculous this sounds. Oh well.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Pelevin at his best, 22 Feb 2006
I read this book in Russian and think it's Pelevin's best novel. The story is very original and "post-modern": the main character is a "New Russian" banker whose life revolves around the number 34. His girlfriend thinks she is the Pokémon Meowth and his hitmen are two Chechen brothers affiliated to a secret Sufi sect. Pelevin displays his amazing ability to blend social satire, mind-blowing action, and Russian mysticism. Moreover, the novel does not suffer from over-sophisticated metaphysics that characterized some of Pelevin's previous books (in particular, Buddha's Little Finger). A must read!
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