Den' oprichnika - Sorokin V.

To let the red rooster and catch the goldfish is only a small fraction of what the oprichnik, hope and support of the Russian state should do in a day. Word and deed - his motto, loyalty to his superiors - his principle, double-thinking - his morality, violence - his tool. Vladimir Sorokin's novel "Day of the Oprechnik" is both a balagan action that can make it laugh, and a disappointing prediction. Opritnik feels great in the fortrussiat Moscow of the near future - because it is irreplaceable.
"Day of the Opnikman," first published in 2006, has been translated into twenty languages. In 2013, the novel was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize.