A romance with cocaine
Ageyev, M.2008
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This is a rediscovered Russian masterpiece about seduction, drug addiction, and the 1917 revolution. The story of the young addict Maslennikov's descent into the maelstrom is also a metaphor for the violent purification of the November revolution. Brand new translation of an enigmatic work of Russian emigre literature. Key work for students of Russian literature and history. Extremely relevant to the drug culture of today. No mainstream competition. Once wrongly attributed to the pen of Nabokov, A Romance with Cocaine is a bizarre and deeply disturbing account of a young man's descent into addiction that brilliantly mirrors the tumultuous events of early twentieth-century Russian history. A Romance with Cocaine is an extraordinary work, and astonishingly prescient for its time.
Main title:
A romance with cocaine / M. Ageyev.
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Imprint:
London : Hesperus, 2008.
Collation:
xx, 180 p.; 20 cm.
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Notes:
Originally published: New York: Dutton, 1984.Formerly CIP. UkIncludes bibliographical references.Translated from the Russian.
ISBN:
9781843914327 (pbk)
Dewey class:
891.7344
Language:
EnglishRussian
BRN:
159096