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Lenin's Kisses

by Yan Lianke

Grove. 2012. 592p. tr. from Chinese by Carlos Rojas. ISBN 9780802120373. $27.

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An absurdist novel about a charlatan's attempts to capitalize on the disabilities of a small town's residents following freak weather that destroys both their crops and their relatively isolated lives. (LJ 10/1/12)

Reviewed by Staff , Apr 01, 2013

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