num_pages: 358
description: This hilarious novel following the continuing adventures of Ivan Chonkin, a simple peasant who has been arrested as a traitor after spending World War II happily tending a garden. In this sequel to The Extraordinary Life and Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin, Vladimir Voinovich ridicules everything sacred to the Soviet Union--the army, the justice system, the press, and Stalin himself--in a refreshing combination of dissident conscience and universal humor.
language: English
title: Pretender to the Throne: Further Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin
titlecomplete: Pretender to the Throne: Further Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin (European Classics)
genres: Russia, Novels, Literature, Russian Literature, Fiction, Humor
ratings_count: 226
series: Private Chonkin
publisher: Northwestern University Press