The Lying Year, Andrei Gelasimov
The Lying Year, Andrei Gelasimov
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The Lying Year

Author: Andrei Gelasimov, Marian Schwartz

Narrator: Stefan Rudnicki, Gabrielle de Cuir, John Rubinstein, Harlan Ellison, Robertson Dean

Unabridged: 9 hr 6 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 01/08/2013

Categories: Fiction, Coming Of Age


Synopsis

Could have been the blown business deal with the Italians. Could have been the unauthorized office party, which ended with the cops—and then an arrest. No matter what finally got him fired, Mikhail never expected to find himself at Red Star Industries’ office again. So down-and-out Mikhail is surprised to be called in by old boss Pavel Petrovich, who offers Mikhail easy money and the Land Rover of his dreams to teach his son, Sergei, how to “be a man”—and to spy on him. Of course, Sergei’s not the Internet-obsessed recluse his father believes. He’s hiding a relationship with the beautiful Marina, who Mikhail himself can’t help but fall for as well. To keep it all together, Mikhail finds himself lying to Petrovich about his son’s activities, lying to Marina about Sergei’s intentions, and lying to Sergei about his love for Marina. So when Sergei’s father invites them all to Italy, the web of lies holding their world together begins to fall apart, and about the time Mikhail finds himself held hostage at gunpoint, he realizes he’s gotten in way over his head…

About Andrei Gelasimov

Andrei Gelasimov was born in Irkutsk in 1965 and studied foreign languages at Yakutsk State University and directing at the Moscow Theater Institute. His first novel, Thirst, garnered the Apollon-Grigoriev Award and was nominated for the Belkin Prize; upon publication in English the Telegraph hailed it as “a haven of both comedy and horror.” Two further novels are forthcoming in English: The Gods of the Steppe, winner of the 2009 Russian National Bestseller award, and Rachel, winner of the Booker Student Prize.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Tim

The Lying Year is the tale of Mikhail over one year of his life which he spends basically lying. He loses a job, gets lucky in that he is employed by his former company boss to teach his son the ways of life, gets mixed up with his girlfriend leading to a show-down in the middle of the book, before......more

Goodreads review by Alona

Книга повествует о неком раздолбае Михаиле, которого больше всего в жизни интересуют понты. Именно поэтому его и нанимает некий бизнесмен, чтобы воспитывать своего сына. Сын у него "странный", только и сидит в компьютере, а папа хочет сделать его "нормальным". В какой-то момент этот сын знакомит Ми......more

Goodreads review by Dinara

Well,If I was asked to describe the plot in short, I would say: rich people also have their problems. And they cry too. The drama is closely connected with humor and this is all just in the center of Economic crisis in USSR that should collapse soon. If you are interested in malinovyi jackets and how......more

Goodreads review by Malcolm

Disappointing in nearly every way. At times it is hard to tell if the fault lies with the author or the translator. But the end result is a story that paints most of the characters as dolts and describes a lot of wild antics that ultimately go nowhere. The use of multi-character narratives, diary en......more