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Former Soviet bureaucrat Max Borodin has become one of Moscow’s most successful businessmen, steering his Universal Manufacturing Company to produce documents and products that satisfy wealthy clients across the ruins of Russia. Yet his world is anything but smooth: a nagging wife, an exhausting mistress, a brother entangled in shady deals, and the constant threat of rival mafias all test his authority and resolve. When Sonya’s husband Dmitry offers a tempting but risky business venture, Max must confront the peril of distorting history for profit. The novel exposes the darker underside of ambition and human nature in a rapidly changing post‑Soviet Russia, blending irony and black humor into a razor‑sharp portrait of the era.
First publish date: 1996
Genre: General Fiction/General Fiction
Authors: Jack Womack
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