num_pages: 336
description: A manic satire of psychiatry, crime and corruption in Russia. Peter Null is undergoing treatment in Moscow's Psychiatric Clinic number 17, where his consultant believes the way to treat his condition is to humour his delusive personality until it achieves reintegration with the rest of his psyche.
language: English
title: The Clay Machine-Gun
titlecomplete: The Clay Machine-Gun
genres: Russia, Humor, Philosophy, Novels, Literature, Russian Literature, Fantasy, Fiction, Contemporary, Magical Realism
ratings_count: 6713
awards: awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Dublin Literary Award
category: Shortlist
publisher: Faber & Faber