Vodka, Tears, and Lenin's Angel
My Adventures in the Wild and Woolly Former Soviet Union
- 366 pages
- 13 hours of reading
Gould, now a staff reporter at The Village Voice , describes the strange and complicated world of the post-Communist former Soviet Union from the inside. She mingles with politicians and teenage age mafia millionaires, Western-educated Muslim women, street kids and prostitutes, spies, and Buddhist monks. Includes b&w photos. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.