One of the first novels by the well-known author about modern criminal Russia, “Bloody Nineties.”
Among all more than 10 works in the author’s long list, this novel is perhaps the least known. Afanасьев loves grotesque, loves burlesque with fantasmagorical characters. In his books, detective work and mysticism and drama all coexist.
A love story that overcomes death; a tragedy of the soul lost in the darkness—this is a criminal-mystical novel, in which many will see their own fate as well.