{"product_id":"2026100006531-secondhand-mother-russia","title":"Mother Russia","description":"\u003cp\u003eEdition: repr.,\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good. Jacket: Worn\/faded, with some minor chipping at edges and corners. Page Condition: Good. Markings: markings on fep. Binding: Intact hardcover. Stickers\/Labels: None visible. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA darkly comic Cold War novel, Mother Russia chronicles the misadventures of Robespierre Pravdin, a black-market hustler and incorrigible optimist scraping out an existence on the fringes of Soviet society. Set against the crumbling bureaucratic machinery of 1970s Moscow, Robert Littell paints a vivid and satirical portrait of life under a system that simultaneously crushes and produces such irreverent survivors. With sharp wit and an eye for absurdist detail, the narrative captures the tension between individual spirit and totalitarian conformity. Littell, a former Newsweek journalist and master of the espionage genre, brings the same meticulous authenticity to this character-driven story that distinguished his earlier work, The October Circle.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48887977509083,"sku":"2026100006531-SECONDHAND","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/47cf4ab8-fbed-4fc3-83c4-b3532f7cf9b4.png?v=1781751637","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100006531-secondhand-mother-russia","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}