An avant-garde novel which mirrors the chaos that now infuses Russian life as its people struggle to navigate the transition from communism to democracy. Skunk, so nicknamed because he grows up small and stunted, feels restless, out of place, and nearly hopeless, but everywhere finds nothing but corruption and dishonesty.

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A master novel set in the Russian north with a wealth of authentic details on forest life.

Peter Aleshkovsky, born in 1957, has four books to his name.