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Siberian Education
Nicolai Lilin
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Description for Siberian Education
Paperback. A shocking expose of an extraordinary Siberian criminal underworld Translator(s): Hunt, Jonathan. Num Pages: 464 pages, No Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FCS; BM; BTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 328. 384 pages, Illustrations. A shocking expose of an extraordinary Siberian criminal underworld. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FCS; BM; BTC. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 30. Weight: 326.
By the age of six, Nicolai Lilin had been given his first 'pike knife' by an uncle, and by the age of twelve, he had been convicted of attempted murder . . .
Nicolai Lilin gained his 'education' as a member of the Siberian Urkas - a small and tight-knit community of 'honest criminals' in a forgotten corner of Eastern Europe . . .
Siberian Education is his tale of an extreme childhood - exotic, violent and completely unique.
Product Details
Publisher
Canongate Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Number of Pages
464
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847679338
SKU
V9781847679338
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Ref
99-17
About Nicolai Lilin
Nicolai Lilin was born in 1981 and grew up in the small republic of Transnistria, which declared its independence in 1990 but has never been recognised. Nicolai left home to fight in the Russian army against the Chechens. He later lived in Ireland, before moving to Italy, where he continues to work as a tattooist in Turin.
Reviews for Siberian Education
Lilin's astonishing account of his life takes you into some very strange worlds; frightening, violent and yet with spirited moments of redemption which both offer hope and keep you reading . . .a breath-taking memoir.
Misha Glenny
Mail on Sunday
Terrifying, fascinating, horrific and violent - Lilin's memoir is an eye-opening and gripping ... Read more
Misha Glenny
Mail on Sunday
Terrifying, fascinating, horrific and violent - Lilin's memoir is an eye-opening and gripping ... Read more