For the first time in Russian— the second novel by a classic of contemporary literature, written right after the celebrated novel “Under the Spell of the Earth,” known to many through the screen adaptation by Bernardo Bertolucci with John Malkovich and Debra Winger in the leading roles. The events of “Let It Be” take place in Tangier, in the final days of the International Zone. Nelson Dyer, a modest cashier at a New York bank, arrives in Tangier in search of a new life. Among international swindlers, impoverished aristocrats, awkward spies, and criminals of every kind, he gives his instincts free rein—exploring the underside of civilized society—and, unable to stop, goes too far.