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It's Moscow, 2028. A scream, a moan, and a death rattle slowly pull Andrei Danilovich Komiaga out of his drunken stupor. But wait - that's just his ringtone. 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. Vladimir Sorokin has imagined a near future both too disturbing to contemplate and too realistic to dismiss. But like all of his best work, Sorokin's new novel explodes with invention and dark humour. A startling, relentless portrait of a troubled and troubling empire, "Day of the Oprichnik" is at once a richly imagined vision of the future and a razor-sharp diagnosis of a country in crisis.

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Book category Books in English Fiction & related items Science fiction

• Full title: Day of the Oprichnik
• Author: Vladimír Sorokin
• Language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 208
• EAN: 9780374533106
• ISBN: 0374533105
• ID: 04452941
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc
• Weight: 204 g
• Dimensions: 208 × 143 × 15 mm
• Date of publishing: 05. March 2012

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