Moscow Mule - Softcover

Young, James

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Softcover

ISBN 10: 0099360519 ISBN 13: 9780099360513

Publisher: Arrow Books Ltd, 1997

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A marvellously funny and sharply observed account of a journey to Russia by one of Britain's most talented young writers. Moscow - a labyrinth where the humans try to keep one step ahead of the roaches. Everyone on the move, some in search of the quick buck, and others just trying to survive. All dazzled by the neon glare of the western dream. The soviet monolith has broken down in tribalism, tribes who go to war not just on the streets but in overheated rooms, with drugs, vodka and Cindy Crawford carrier bags. James Young gives an unparalleled account of today's Moscow from the bottom side up. He takes us on a odyssey through this strange no man's land where East meets West, where the old certainties have gone, the KGB men wear Italian suits, the Mafia tycoonskis style themselves on the Godfather flicks and the rest are queuing to change dollars.

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Synopsis:

In 1993 James Young began a series of journeys to post-glasnost Russia, uncovering a cockroach-plagued society on the verge of vodka-fuelled nervous breakdown. The result is this satirical book, which holds a looking glass up to a continent of growing tribalism emerging from the cracks of the collapsed Soviet system. It provides an account of today's Moscow from the bottom side up, taking readers on an odyssey through this strange no-man's-land where East meets West, where the old certainties have gone, the KGB men wear Italian suits, the Mafia tycoons style themselves on the Godfather films, and the rest are queuing to change dollars.

About the Author:

James Young was born in Oldham. He has tried his hand at a number of careers, including working in a cotton mill and as a car park attendant. In the early 80s he abandoned a promising academic future at Oxford to become Nico's piano player, after which he wrote his first book - a biographical account of the eight years he spent with the doomed Warhol chanteuse. Moscow Mule is his second book.

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