The Clay Machine-Gun
Author: Victor Pelevin
A manic satire of psychiatry, crime and corruption in Russia. Peter Null is undergoing treatment in Moscow’s Psychiatric Clinic number 17, where his consultant believes the way to treat his condition is to humour his delusive personality until it achieves reintegration with the rest of his psyche…..Read More
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