NY: Alfred A. Knopf, 1983. First edition. 147pp. Gray boards backed with olive cloth; matching topstain. Fine in an unclipped dust jacket with a small adhesive ghost to inside of jacket, faintly visible at front panel.
A collection of brief news articles written by Dovlatov (1941-1990) while working in the mid-1970s as a journalist in USSR-controlled Estonia, and accompanied by longer stories unpacking the actual context of each piece of reportage. An interesting window into the workings of the Soviet apparatus, presented with a strongly humorous and satirical bent. Translated from the Russian by Anne Frydman.
