One of The Telegraph \'s Best Fiction Books 2011 Moscow, 2028.
A startling, relentless portrait of a troubled and troubling empire, Day of the Oprichnik is at once a richly imagined vision of the future and a razor-sharp diagnosis of a country in crisis..
But like all of his best work, Sorokin\'s new novel explodes with invention and dark humor.
Vladimir Sorokin has imagined a near future both too disturbing to contemplate and too realistic to dismiss.
He will rape and pillage, and he will be moved to tears by the sweetly sung songs of his homeland.
In this new New Russia, where futuristic technology and the draconian codes of Ivan the Terrible are in perfect synergy, Komiaga will attend extravagant parties, partake in brutal executions, and consume an arsenal of drugs.
So begins another day in the life of an oprichnik, one of the czar\'s most trusted courtiers--and one of the country\'s most feared men.
But wait--that\'s just his ring tone.
A scream, a moan, and a death rattle slowly pull Andrei Danilovich Komiaga out of his drunken stupor.
One of The Telegraph \'s Best Fiction Books 2011 Moscow, 2028
