USSR

by Russell Taylor and Marc Polonsky

Marx and Engels invented it; Lenin volunteered Russia for the honour of trying it; the Soviet people had to live with it.. This tongue-in-cheek travel guide is a cherishably witty insight into the chaotic, bewildering and sometimes scary society that resulted from this heroically doomed effort to "build Communism." It teaches you basic Soviet survival skills including how to queue for useless products, bribe your way into empty restaurants and contravene...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0571281575
• ISBN13: 9780571281572
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Length: 180 Pages
• Weight: 0.52 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.5" x 8.5"