Rubble of Rubles

Rubble of Rubles
Josip Novakovich
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h215 x 139mm - 200pg
26 Jan 2023 US
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9781950539642
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From Man Booker International Prize finalist Josip Novakovich comes a satiric novel with teeth-a tale of Russia in the early aughts, perfect for fans of Dostoevsky and Gary Shteyngart. In this picaresque novel set in the early 2000s, David, an investment banker with Eastern European roots, goes bankrupt from the Enron fiasco, and moves to Russia to do some soul-searching. In the shadow of the Khazan cathedral, he' s arrested for the murder of two Georgian wine-importers. David is imprisoned at Kresty, bewildered and alone. One day, Putin himself visits, with a modest proposal for David: to travel to Georgia and slip plutonium into the president' s wine. This is the price of freedom: to assassinate a president. Told with Josip Novakovich' s signature skill and satiric wit, Rubble of Rubles delves into the absurdity and menace of totalitarianism. At the crossroads of literary fiction, satire, and crime, this is a novel for modern fans of Notes from Underground and Absurdistan.
Josip Novakovich emigratedfrom Croatia to the United States at the age of 20. He has published a dozenbooks, including a novel, April Fool' s Day (in ten languages), fivestory collections (Infidelities, Yolk, Salvation and Other Disasters,Heritage of Smoke, and Tumbleweed) and three collections ofnarrative essays as well as two books of practical criticism. His novel, Rubbleof Rubles, is scheduled for publication in 2022. His work was anthologizedin Best American Poetry, the Pushcart Prize and O. Henry Prize Stories. He hasreceived the Whiting Writer' s Award, a Guggenheim fellowship, the IngramMerrill Award and an American Book Award, and in 2013 he was a Man BookerInternational Award finalist. He has taught at Penn State, University ofCincinnati, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and now at Concordia University inMontreal.

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