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Although initially banned in Saudi Arabia, this novel raised a lot of dust and sparked many discussions, lawsuits, and even protests, and became an absolute bestseller in the Middle East, and now in the West.
In the novel, the author describes and comments on domestic socio-political phenomena with dark humor and criticism, almost vaudeville-like, while using a good deal of lively and juicy Međimurje speech.
Alexander Cold will experience an adventure he will never forget: he must accompany his eccentric grandmother Kate to the Amazon, who is writing an article for International Geographic magazine about a strange and unknown creature called the Beast.
People always think they know who the sponsor is: a calculating, not-so-bad-looking woman who married for money.
The novel itself is conceptually carried by a lucid comparison of Dalmatia and the Wild West: on a thematic level, cowboys are the mythical place of the childhood of the main character and her brother.
Venedikt Yerofeyev's postmodern prose poem is today considered a classic of new Russian literature. It is compared to Gogol and Kharms for its poetics of absurdity, satire, and metaphysical depth.