Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #458509 in Books
• Published on: 1998-01-19
• Binding: Paperback
• 320 pages

Synopsis
Jimmy Goode, who defected to the Soviet Union to become "the Russian Elvis", has disappeared. Carla, an American journalist is determined to find him. Corruption, lust, opportunism, adultery, smuggling,murder and mythology all play a part in this examination of the anarchy in modern Moscow.

Customer Reviews

Excellent
...Not Cyberpunk like his usual stuff, its set bang up to date in post Glastnost Russia. Nonetheless, fantastic characters, a wealth of information on the life of a fixer, a 'Mr.Johnson' type who smooths the wheels of his Moscow-mafia controlled 'business'. A dark undercurrent of threatened yet rarely revealed stylish violence threads through the read, keeping you on the edge. At the risk of sounding trite, "I couldn't put it down! ". Now, where are those Garibaldis..

Mr Womack, we need a sequel!
I lived in Moscow for eighteen months and, believe me, this is book is spot on! Through the daily dealings of his delightfully idiosyncratic characters, Womack captures perfectly the crazy world of modern Russia and her people.

Sex, drugs, violence, barking mad ultra-nationalists, radioactive Faberge eggs.....sit back with a glass of chilled vodka and enjoy!

**Mind you, I think I read a different book to the one Amazon describes in the synopsis at the top. The second sentence applies, but I don't remember "the Russian Elvis" popping up anywhere. Shame!

Hilarious
Russian gangsters, extremist nationalists and layabouts bring you a hilarious story which is not exactly great Literature but worth a read for the near-farcical closing scenes.