Ruski rulet: Bulevarski roman 1-2

There are questions that persistently, for decades, even centuries, emerge from under the pen of literary criticism. One of these requires the exact determination of a beginning. On this trail, one may wonder with which prose Tribuson announced himself as a bestseller. The answer is clear: the novel Russian Roulette, published in 1982. An intelligent story set in the thirties of the last century, divided into four parts. The time covered between the arrival of the rich man Emanuel Mohr in Zagreb and his farewell to Adieu, Zagreb brings to the scene boredom, characters from a dubious past, bizarre failed artists, questionable financiers, half the world, anarchist assassins, artist groups, emigrants... There are no innocents, but the fact that punishment sometimes precedes guilt, instead of the guilt of punishment, is completely irrelevant.