Nothing is true and everything is possible : adventures in modern Russia /
by Pomerantsev, Peter.
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BookPublisher: London : Faber and Faber, 2015Description: 300 pages ; 22 cm.ISBN: 9780571308019 (pbk.) :; 0571308015 (pbk.) :.Classification number: 306.0947 POMSubject(s): Social change -- Russia (Federation) | Power (Social sciences) -- Russia (Federation) | Authoritarianism -- Russia (Federation) | Russia (Federation) -- Social conditions -- 1991- | Russia (Federation) -- Politics and government -- 1991- | Society | SocietySummary: A journey into the glittering, surreal heart of 21st century Russia: into the lives of Hells Angels convinced they are messiahs, professional killers with the souls of artists, bohemian theatre directors turned Kremlin puppet-masters, supermodel sects, post-modern dictators and oligarch revolutionaries. This is a world erupting with new money and new power, changing so fast it breaks all sense of reality, where life is seen as a whirling, glamorous masquerade where identities can be switched and all values are changeable. It is home to a new form of authoritarianism, far subtler than 20th century strains, and which is rapidly expanding to challenge the global order.
| Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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| Book - Adult Paperback | Bootle Library | Adult Fiction | 306.0947 POM (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Checked out | 07/12/2024 | 002918259X |
A journey into the glittering, surreal heart of 21st century Russia: into the lives of Hells Angels convinced they are messiahs, professional killers with the souls of artists, bohemian theatre directors turned Kremlin puppet-masters, supermodel sects, post-modern dictators and oligarch revolutionaries. This is a world erupting with new money and new power, changing so fast it breaks all sense of reality, where life is seen as a whirling, glamorous masquerade where identities can be switched and all values are changeable. It is home to a new form of authoritarianism, far subtler than 20th century strains, and which is rapidly expanding to challenge the global order.
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