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Limonov: The Outrageous Adventures of the Radical Soviet Poet Who Became a Bum in New York, a Sensation in France, and a Political Antihero in Russia
By Carrère, Emmanuel
- ISBN
- 9780374192013 9780374709211
- Publisher
- Farrar
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Reviewed on October 15, 2014 | Arts and Humanities
The subtitle almost says it all. Ostensibly a biography of a Russian radical, poet, revolutionary, and possible "scumbag," this book reads like a Cormac McCarthy novel written by Hunter S. Thompson and John le Carré. One may be tempted to wonder if the Eduard Limonov (b. 1943) presented by Carrère (The Adversary) bears about as much resemblance to the actual as the figures in Thompson's Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72 do to George McGovern, et al. The story of Limonov's life cov...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
