A lot has been written about the incomprehensibility of the English character for foreigners, but the testimony of the journalist Andrei Ostalsky, who lives in London, is one of the most witty.
A lot has been written about the incomprehensibility of the English character for foreigners, but the testimony of the journalist Andrei Ostalsky, who lives in London, is one of the most witty. The young clerk Sashok, who lives in England as a son-in-law in a wealthy British family, is drawn into an intricate intrigue involving former compatriots and local intelligence agencies. The vicissitudes of the puzzling plot are built around the conflict between Russian emotionality and the notorious British restraint — comical, sometimes unbearable for both sides, but, as it turns out, quite surmountable.
Time, 256 s.