Andrey Astvatsaturov

"Only Akunin and Lukyanenko sell more than Astvatsaturov in St. Petersburg’s bookshops."
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"... a decadent Figaro, a quick and self-depreciating cynic, who ponders Joyce on the side and caviar snacks with tremendous sincerity."
NATALYA KURATOVA, EXPERT

"... tremendously effective and that without respite. A voice that you enjoy listening to, irrespective of what he is going on about; you are guaranteed to laugh out loud every twenty pages... the year’s most interesting memoirs... the ideal read for the beach..."
LEV DANILKIN, AFISHA

"Almost every one of Astvatsaturov’s episodes is meant to go on and live a long, happy life as a fable, to be repeated often at parties, gradually forgetting the author’s name and, over time, replacing the distanced, chilly “he” with a warm, personal “I”..."
GALINA YUZEFOVICH

"The narrator: a philologist but no bore; a wise guy but no snob; a bum but no alcoholic; a writer but no grandiloquent “Messiah”.
ANDREY MIROSHKIN, EX LIBRIS

"The portrait of Michel Houellebecq in the book will greatly upset someone. However, I myself was present at the dinner he describes and I can assure you: in this instance Astvatsaturov was merciful."
MIKHAIL TROFIMENKOV, GQ