The Year of the Comet

A coming of age novel set in a crumbling Soviet Union by the acclaimed author of Oblivion—"the best of Russia's younger generation of writers"(The New York Review of Books).

As the Soviet Union edges toward collapse, a young boy's idyllic childhood takes a sinister turn. Rumors of a serial killer haunt the neighborhood, families pack up and leave town without a word of warning, and the country begins to unravel. Policemen stand by as protesters overtake the streets, knowing that the once ...