Siberian Education

Name: Siberian Education
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ISBN: 9781921776281

Жанр Документальная литература

Год 2013

ISBN: 9781921776281

Язык Английский

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A riveting true story about growing up in a criminal underworld.

By age six Nicolai Lilin had been given his first knife. By age twelve he had been convicted of attempted murder.

Lilin was a member of the Siberian Urkas—a tight-knit fraternity with strict codes of honour. In this community crime was a given; the only question was whether the criminal was honest or dishonest. Transgressions brought severe retribution. Weapons were treated almost as religious icons.

Extreme, sometimes disturbing, is an insider’s account of a unique and hidden world.

‘Terrifying, fascinating, horrific and violent… an eye-opening and gripping account.’

—Simon Sebag Montefiore, author of

‘A fascinating and very readable account of life in the Siberian criminal underground.’

RUST Y. YOUNG, AUTHOR OF