Ogling the Moguls

"Oligarchic literature" has become a genre in Russia, encompassing everything from romantic novels to political pamphlets. Yet it has created several myths.

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Anna Isakova

December 17, 2004

"The Big Slice" by Yuli Dubov, Vagrius (Moscow), 717 pages [in Russian]

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