{"product_id":"kangaroo","title":"Kangaroo","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eKangaroo\u003c\/em\u003e is a savage, cleansing satire in which Yuz Aleshkovsky confronts the hypocrisy, the cruelty, and the tragic failure of the Soviet regime. His phantasmagoria is faithful to reality, for--as Dostoevsky knew--it is impossible for \"realism\" to portray a society whose corruption is literally fantastic.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\nOne morning in 1949, Fan Fanych, alias Etcetera, is summoned from his Moscow apartment to KGB headquarters, where he is informed that he will be charged with a crime more heinous than any mere man could ever devise. Comrade Etcetera will be tried for \"the vicious rape and murder of an aged kangaroo in the Moscow Zoo on a night between July 14, 1789, and January 9, 1905.\"\u003cbr\u003e\nEvery moment in the nightmarish and hilarious account that follows lives up to the absurdity of this accusation. A seductive KGB agent attempts to convince Fan Fanych that he is a kangaroo; he finds himself in the dock at a spectacular show trial; is sent to a camp full of dedicated old Bolsheviks pathetically attempting to maintain their beliefs in the face of every new atrocity; encounters Hitler in Berlin and Churchill, Roosevelt, and Stalin at Yalta, where he is privileged to witness the famous conference as it was \u003cem\u003ereally\u003c\/em\u003e conducted.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"None","offers":[{"title":"Kobo eBook","offer_id":46231941218514,"sku":"77efae9f-244a-38a0-b68e-c5e59f00028b","price":15.19,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0655\/8980\/5233\/files\/image_5fa12ee9-e0dd-4693-8f42-b2040b39af40.jpg?v=1762358802","url":"https:\/\/www.indigo.ca\/products\/kangaroo","provider":"Indigo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}