The Clay Machine-Gun

Synopsis

The clay machine-gun is a novel rich in hilarious paradox. Pelevin himself has described it as 'the first novel in world literature which takes place in an absolute void'. Controversially denied the russian booker prize - the jury president branded it as a kind of 'computer virus designed to destroy the cultural memory' - the book became a huge cult success in russia. The clay machine-gun is a nightmarish fantasy about identity, crime and russian history.