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Set in Russia as it heads back into another Putin presidency and toward hosting the Olympics in Sochi, satirizing government officials and people who attacked the author when he was a journalist. It is a quick read but I didn't feel I understood all the references; satire is a bit of a struggle for me. I liked reading a Russia that combined peasants, social media, and magical serums.

Sick twisted little book. I loved it. A dystopian vision of modern Russia that was a brilliant and important story. #Russia

I think these are the only books on my shelves with any claim to #candycolouredcovers! #FeistyFeb

I saw Oleg Kashin speak with Andrey Kurkov at this year's Edinburgh Book Festival and it was one of my favourite events, two fascinating writers firmly within Russia's satirical-fantastical tradition (a personal favourite). Sadly Fardwor, Russia felt a little too sketchy and undeveloped to make the most of its potential. I'd still like to read Kashin's nonfiction #fictionintranslation #Russia #satire

A strange satire of life under the Russia of Putin. An amateur inventor creates a growth serum with the intention of increasing meat production, but when his experiments brings him in contact with a midget oligarch and Soviet bureaucracy his life and the life of those around him is thrown into chaos