The golden calf
Subtitle: a novel
By: Ilya Ilf and Evgeny Petrov ; translated from the Russian by Konstantin Gurevich and Helen Anderson.
Contributors: Petrov, Evgeniĭ, 1903-1942.; Gurevich, Konstantin.; Anderson, Helen, 1956-
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Open Letter
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Rochester, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9781934824078
Subjects: Swindlers and swindling -- Soviet Union -- Fiction; Soviet Union -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction
Work titles: Zolotoĭ telenok.
Description: Set during the New Economic Policy (NEP), The Golden Calf chronicles the adventures of con man Ostap Bender (a.k.a. the "Grand Strategist") and his merry band of mischief makers on a hilarious jaunt across the "wild west" of the early Soviet Union. Their mark is Alexander Koreiko, another shady figure who exploited the corruption and chaos of the NEP to become an "underground millionaire." Once Bender hears of Koreiko, the chase is on. It is time to con the con man and get the rubles necessary to escape to the beaches and white pants of Rio de Janeiro.