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Short-listed for the 2011 Man Booker Prize for FictionAn extreme emotional crisis that echoes advanced entertainments like Gorky Park and The Talented Mr. Ripley. Nick Platt is just a British lawyer employed in Moscow in the first 2000s—a location where the stream of gas income, the tightening grip of the federal government, the jostling of the oligarchs, and the loosening of Soviet cultural mores have resulted in a culture where corruption, decadence, abuse, and betrayal determine every day life. Nick doesn’t ask too many questions concerning the questionable offers he functions on—he’s too busy experiencing the unique, surreally sinful nightlife Moscow provides.