Yerofeev was born inside the Arctic Circle in 1938 and died of throat cancer in 1990. Until a few years before his death, this autobiographical novel - a monument to the Soviet Union in decline - circulated in typescript and rarely moved beyond a few major cities.
- ISBN10 0571190049
- ISBN13 9780571190041
- Publish Date 5 May 1997
- Publish Status Unknown
- Out of Print 14 May 1999
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Faber & Faber
- Format Paperback (UK Trade)
- Pages 128
- Language English