“[Pelevin] conjures up the spirit of Dostoyevsky, as he dramatizes with a slashing wit and a ferocious moralism the battle for the Russian soul.” —The Washington Post
“Pelevin’s hardboiled wonderland of a Moscow sits well next to Murakami’s Tokyo, Cortázar’s Paris, and Terry Gilliam’s Brazil.” —Los Angeles Times
“…[A] bold, confidently written satire with more than a few laugh-out-loud moments.” —Time Out New York
