The Librarian

The Librarian by Elizarov, Mikhail. paperback edition. ISBN: 9781782270270.

If Ryu Murakami had written War and Peace As the introduction to this book will tell you, the books by Gromov, obscure and long forgotten propaganda author of the Soviet era, have such an effect on their readers that they suddenly enjoy supernatural powers. Understandably, their readers need to keep accessing these books at all cost and gather into groups around book-bearers, or, as theyre called, librarians. Alexei, until now a loser, comes to collect an uncles inheritance and unexpectedly becomes a librarian. He tells his extraordinary, unbelievable story.