The President’s Last Love by Andrev Kurkov
Published by Vintage in Paperback 5 March 2009
In Moscow, 2013, Bunin, the Ukrainian President, has joined other heads of state in an open air swimming pool to drink vodka and celebrate with Putin. During his rise to power Bunin has juggled with formidable and eccentric political and personal challenges. His troubles with his family and his women combine with his difficulties with corrupt businessmen and demanding international allies, but it is his recent heart transplant that worries him most. Since the operation he has started to develop freckles, and his heart donor’s mysterious widow seems to have moved in with him…Spanning forty years, The President’s Last Love is a hilarious satire on love, lies and life before and after the Iron Curtain.
Comment:
I really liked reading Blood Kin a while ago. Not that it really is more than a tentative link as they both feature Presidents.
I’m not really sure why I want to give this a go. I think it’s because I’m looking for a good book that links history to speculative fiction (I almost wrote fantasy then).
I’m also trying to branch out my reading into other forms of speculative fiction.
Anyway, look for a review next month.
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