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During the 70 years of the Soviet era leaders created one of the most rigidly controlled societies in history. Their objective was to mold citizens into docile conformists and devoted servants of the State. As an antidote to our personal freedoms they conditioned their citizens to distrust all foreigners since their goal was, by definition, to undermine Soviet power. An unrelenting propaganda assault glorified the virtues of their system and reinforced hostility toward any outside entity. The governing bureaucracy appeared monolithic but was actually extremely vulnerable. The system itself...

During the 70 years of the Soviet era leaders created one of the most rigidly controlled societies in history. Their objective was to mold citizens into docile conformists and devoted servants of the State. As an antidote to our personal freedoms they conditioned their citizens to distrust all foreigners since their goal was, by definition, to undermine Soviet power. An unrelenting propaganda assault glorified the virtues of their system and reinforced hostility toward any outside entity. The governing bureaucracy appeared monolithic but was actually extremely vulnerable. The system itself...

A group of friends makes an odd pact: after each of them dies, the other will launch the deceased individual's body out of a circus cannon. Why? Is it performance art? Mindless transgression? Crass insanity? Suffice it to say that by the end of the story, their plans unravel, and death has the last laugh. Dark comedy and philosophical musings abound in this exquisitely penned short novel with chapter titles such as "Little Death Meets Big Death." Literary aficionados will recognize the influences of Hunter Thompson and Ernest Hemingway, as well as the beautiful, nightmarish setting of a...