Russian Criminal Tattoos and Playing Cards
Hardcover
$32.50
By FUEL, Stephen Sorrell (Editor), Damon Murray (Editor), Arkady Bronnikov (Text by), Varlam Shalamov (Foreword by), Raul Kaasik (Introduction)
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The secret art and culture of the Russian criminal playing card
This book reveals the importance of playing cards in Russian criminal culture. The handmade decks are beautiful works of art in their own right. Prohibited by the prison authorities, they are constructed from innocuous materials procured from the everyday routine of prison life. During construction both the cards and their designs are adroitly manipulated so they can be read. Once they are completed, the virtuoso player prowls t...
































