Title: Кока
Description: "Mikhail Gigolashvili--avtor romanov "Tolmach", "Chërtovo koleso" (short-list i priz chitatelʹskogo golosovanii︠a︡ premii "Bolʹshai︠a︡ kniga"), "Zakhvat Moskovii" (short-list premii "NOS"), "Taĭnyĭ god" ("Russkai︠a︡ premii︠a︡"). V novom romane "Koka" uznavaemyĭ molodoĭ geroĭ iz "Chërtova kolesa" prodolzhaet svoi︠u︡ psikhodelicheskui︠u︡ ėpopei︠u︡. Amsterdam, Parizh, Rossii︠a︡ i -- konechno zhe -- Tbilisi. Vezde--iskusitelʹnai︠a︡ svoboda... no ot chego? Sot︠s︡ialʹnoe i kriminalʹnoe dno, nezhneĭshai︠a︡ nostalʹgii︠a︡, nepreodolimye soblazny i tragicheskie sluchaĭnosti, ostrai︠a︡ satira i evangelʹskie motivy soedini︠a︡i︠u︡tsi︠a︡ v edinoe polotno, gde Boskh konkuriruet s lirikoĭ samoĭ vysokoĭ proby i soprovozhdaet geroi︠a︡ to v nemet︠s︡kiĭ durdom, to v rossiĭskui︠u︡ ti︠u︡rʹmu."--

Continues the story of the life of Koka (who first appeared in Chertovo koleso (The Devil's Wheel)) through Europe and at home in Tbilisi.
Subjects: Drug addicts, Fiction, Drug abuse, Russian prose literature
Places: Tʻbilisi (Georgia), Georgia (Republic)
Time periods: 21st century