Moscow Racetrack is the story of the disillusioned Teacher, a habitué of the track, who one day lucks into big winnings. The KGB, who already had their eye on the Teacher because of his anti-Soviet essays on Russian history that are circulating in samizdat, sends the lucky winner and his pal to Paris, so they can test their skills on foreign turf and earn some hard currency for the impoverished Soviet government. Part detective story, part political satire, and part love story, Moscow Racetrack is a hard-hitting and illuminating adventure and a journey into the world of Moscow's gamblers.
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Billed as "a novel of espionage at the track," this quirky book, which was first published in the U.S. in 1990, will appeal most to students of recent Russian history. Gladilin, a Russian emigre now living in France and best known as one of the pioneers of his native country's Young Prose movement, writes incisively about the Russian Revolution through the controversial views of his hero, an academic known simply as the Teacher. Supplementing the political commentary are notes on horses slated to run at a Moscow racetrack as well as a plot involving a government plan to use the Teacher's gambling skills to raise money for the Soviet regime. This curious blend may leave some readers scratching their heads and others wondering what the book would have been like without the diverting interludes, the relevance of which is less than apparent.
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