Siberian Education: Growing Up in a Criminal Underworld

Download or read book Siberian Education: Growing Up in a Criminal Underworld written by Nicolai Lilin and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2011-04-11 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Marvelous and Illuminating. . . . Forces us to reassess our notions of good and evil." —Irvine Welsh In a contested, lawless region between Moldova and Ukraine known as Transnistria, a tightly knit group of “honest criminals” live according to strict codes of ritualized respect and fierce loyalty. In a voice utterly compelling and unforgettable, Nicolai Lilin, born and raised within this exotic subculture, tells the story of his moral education outside the bounds of “society” as we know it, where men uphold values with passion—and often by brute force.