Voroshilovgrad by Serhiy Zhadan bestseller conspiring West' provides national unity

conspiring West' provides national unity and has helped legitimise Russia's rapid turn to authoritarianism under Vladimir Putin

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Olesya Khromeychuk’s brother Volodymyr died on the frontline in eastern Ukraine

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Voroshilovgrad by Serhiy Zhadan bestseller conspiring West' provides national unity"Trainspotting set against a grim post Soviet backdrop." Newsweek A city dwelling executive heads home to take over his brother's gas station after his mysterious disappearance, but all he finds at home are mysteries and ghosts. The bleak industrial landscape of now war torn eastern Ukraine sets the stage for Voroshilovgrad, the Soviet era name of the Ukrainian city of Luhansk, mixing magical realism and exhilarating road novel in poetic, powerful,