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Let's Put the Future Behind Us
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Part speculative fiction, part satire,
is a romp through 1990s Russia, as the closed society of the Soviet Union morphs into a modern capitalist free-for-all and Max Borodin finds himself, his wife, and his mistress in mortal danger—in "a world of petty bureaucrats, shameless opportunists, and full-blown mafiosi" (
).
"An absurdist thriller narrated by one Max Borodin, an ex-Communist Party hack who has re-invented himself as a commercial operator with a cynical understanding of how to manipulate the strings of power. Cops are paid off with dollar bills, bureaucrats with phoney documents and racketeers with the consumer opiates of their choice. Max is always up for the main chance, and before long finds himself logged into a drug deal involving psychotic Georgian gangsters, corrupt local entrepreneurs, the investors in a leaky crematorium and a messianic fascist demagogue who wants to build a plastic dome over Russia to secure it against 'Western sneak attacks.' At the same time, he has to balance the demands of his irascible wife and voracious mistress while rescuing his gullible brother from the folly of building a 'Sovietland' theme park." —
"The grimmest, funniest, and one of the most cannily on-target accounts yet about the helter-skelter fast lane of life in the New Russia." —
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About Jack Womack
Jack Womack is the author of
,
,
,
,
,
, and
. Womack's short stories, have appeared in anthologies edited by Kathryn Cramer (
, "Out of Sight, Out of Mind"), Ellen Datlow (
"Lifeblood")
, and
"That Old School Tie,"), and Don Keller, Ellen Kushner, Delia Sherman (
"Audience"); as well as in
("A Kiss, a Wink, a Grassy Knoll."). He has published articles or reviews in
, the
,
,
,
,
, and
(Munich), and was a contributor to
. He is a cowinner of the Philip K. Dick Award, and has taught writing at the Clarion West workshop, in Seattle. He lives in New York City.
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