Bastards

The protagonist in Bastards is a young resident of some Russian city He unsuccessfully tries to adapt to the modern Russian savage life The world around him lives by rules dictated by the black market and Chechen wars It is a cruel and unjust world where you can survive only with a bunch of stolen dollars instead of brains For a young Russian money is a symbol of power and strength Even the new state ideology feeds on blood oil dollars In Russia there is no more room for dreams This is the era of antiutopia