A Terrible Country

This novel follows Andrei as he returns to Moscow to care for his ailing grandmother, navigating Putin's Moscow and grappling with his feelings of dislocation from both Russia and America. As Andrei becomes entangled with a group of leftists, his politics and allegiances are put to the test. A wise and sensitive novel about Russia, exile, family, love, history, and fate, this book asks what one owes to their birthplace and what it owes in return. Written with grace and humor, it's a literary triumph that marks the author as one of the most talented of his generation.