Documents Concerning Rubashov the Gambler
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A picaresque adventure in the tradition of <i>The Master and Margarita, </i>in which the gambler Rubashov dices with the devil and travels through European history, meeting some extraordinary characters along the way.
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<p>St Petersburg, 1899. Obsessive gambler Rubashov has played every game in town. Now on New Year's Eve, he finds himself on the brink of ruin, and decides to make a bid for the ultimate rush, the biggest gamble ever, to challenge the Devil to a game of poker.</p><p>Rubashov loses. His punishment is not to go straight to Hell (Hell is full and has been for years), instead he is condemned to immortality. And so begins a monumental trip through Europe, as Rubashov encounters some of the twentieth century's most notorious characters.</p>
Autorenportrait
<b>CARL-JOHAN VALLGREN</b>was born in 1964. He is the author of eight novels, of which<i>The Horrific Sufferings of the Mind-reading Monster Hercules Barefoot</i>...was the first novel to be appear in English. His work has been translated into eleven languages. He lives in Stockholm.
Weitere Details
Erschienen: 31.10.2011
Umfang: 304 S., 0.34 MB
Sprache: ENG
ISBN/EAN: 9781448113743
Umbreit-Nr.: 6458190
