Ice

The first novel to be translaed into English from Russian underground literary sensation Vladimir Sorokin finally sees the author's scandalous reputation as a postmodern wunderkind coming to American shores. "Ice," considered by many his finest work, follows the deeds of a a mysterious blond and blue-eyed cadre who kidnap victims and remove their hearts using a crude hammer fashioned out of cosmic ice. Combining the genre-bending mindtrip of Phillip K. Dick with the great Russian literary tradition of Gogol, Sorokin's bitingly funny, hard-boiled parablesearn the author's reputation as a stylistic virtuoso and master of provocation.