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In this bizarre trip through Europe, Rubashov, sentenced by the Devil to immortality, encounters some of the 20th century’s most notorious characters. Vallgren’s picaresque tale is destined to stand with The Master and Margarita as a genre classic.
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CARL-JOHAN VALLGREN was born in 1964. He is the author of eight novels, of which The Horrific Sufferings of the Mind-reading Monster Hercules Barefoot...was the first novel to be appear in English. His work has been translated into eleven languages. He lives in Stockholm.
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"A gloriously inventive historical adventure" The Times "Sensational... Vallgren has a superb talent for pastiche, and makes witty and convincing cameos of the infamous and the great" Financial Times "Hugely entertaining, witty and thoughtful, this is a future cult classic" Big Issue "Frame[s] the everyday with an almost medieval fascination with the grotesque and the macabre... proof, in this case, that the devil has all the good stories" Metro "There are some nicely observed episodes here... disturbing metaphors that offer brilliant, brief illuminations of his brutal subject matter" New Statesman
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- PublisherHarvill Secker
- Publication date2007
- ISBN 10 1846550025
- ISBN 13 9781846550027
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages320
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: Very Good. This story is based in St Petersburg, in the year 1899. Obsessive gambler Rubashov has played every game in town. Now on New Year's Eve, he finds himself on the brink of ruin, and decides to make a bid for the ultimate rush, the biggest gamble ever, to challenge the Devil to a poker game. The Devil accepts the invitation and unsurprisingly Rubashov loses. However, the price is not straight to hell as he expected (hell is full and has been for years), the punishment is immortality. Rubashov has great difficulty coming to terms with his ever-lasting life; he now sees no end to what is already a miserable existence. Unsuccessful suicide attempts lead him to take up Russian roulette, but before long the money is piling up and he has amassed a small fortune, enabling him to embark on a very different way of life.In this bizarre trip through Europe, Rubashov encounters some of the twentieth century's most notorious characters. Vallgren's bizarre picaresque tale is destined to stand alongside "The Master and Margarita" as a genre classic, and for fans of "The Horrific Suffering of the Mind-reading Monster Hercules Barefoot.", Rubashov's adventures will be sheer delight. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged. Seller Inventory # GOR004215194
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