Babylon (Paperback, Main)

A humorous satire on consumer culture in post-Soviet Russia. The collapse of the Soviet Union may have opened up a huge potential market, but how do you sell competing brands when no one has ever heard of them? Gangsters, spin doctors and drug dealers scheme and collude. (Kirkus UK)

As a poet, Tartarsky is a failure. As a copywriter for one of Moscow's biggest advertising firms he makes $2,000 in ten minutes - and that's before the cocaine kicks in. But as Tartarsky speeds through a surreal world of PR mercenaries, back-door deals and Zen Buddhism, he begins to suspect the disturbing truth behind it all - as suggested to him by the disembodied voice of Che Guevara. Babylon confirms Victor Pelevin's reputation as the funniest and sharpest observer of the chaos and absurdity of post-Soviet Russian life.

General

Imprint:	Faber and Faber
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	February 2001
Authors:	Victor Pelevin
Dimensions:	260 x 195 x 10mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	256
Edition:	Main
ISBN-13:	978-0-571-20556-1
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction Books > Fiction > Promotions
LSN:	0-571-20556-9
Barcode:	9780571205561

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