num_pages: 174
description: One of the century's most unusual books: a rediscovered Russian masterpiece about seduction, drug addiction, adolescence, and the 1917 Revolution, by a mysterious pseudonymous author.This diabolically lucid account became the talk of Paris when it appeared in a French edition some forty-five years after its original Russian publication. Hailed as a classic of drug addition such as de Quincey's CONFESSIONS OF AN ENGLISH OPIUM EATER, the story of the young addict Maslennikov's descent into the maelstrom is also a metaphor for the violent purification of the November Revolution. The true identity and fate of M. Ageyev remain shrouded in mystery.
language: English
title: Novel with Cocaine
titlecomplete: Novel with Cocaine
characters: Vadim Maslennikov,
genres: Classics, Adult, Russia, Novels, Russian Literature, 20th Century, Literature, Contemporary, Literary Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 3036
places: Moscow, Soviet Union, Moscow, Petrograd Soviet, Moscow, Russian Empire
publisher: Picador