Everything Is Normal - by Sergey Grechishkin (Paperback)

About the Book

Told through the eyes of a boy growing up in Cold War era Saint Petersburg, Everything is Normal is a journey into the world of Soviet Russia--and how as his world falls apart his defiant love of Western pop culture eventually defeats the bleakness of his upbringing.

Book Synopsis

Told through the eyes of a boy growing up in Cold War era Saint Petersburg, Everything is Normal is a journey into the world of Soviet Russia-and how as his world falls apart his defiant love of Western pop culture eventually defeats the bleakness of his upbringing.

Review Quotes

"A wonderful, funny, and evocative account of growing up in the Soviet Union... Grechishkin is a major new talent and a writer of humor and verve." -Luke Harding, author of #1 New York Times best-seller Collusion: Secret Meetings, Dirty Money and How Russia Helped Donald Trump Win

"Like walking through the looking-glass into 1970s-80s Leningrad... funny, shocking and occasionally even tender... prepare to be transported back to the CCCP." -Lisa Dickey, author of Bears in the Streets

"A rare glimpse of life in Soviet Russia before and during perestroika. Everything is Normal is the tender and often funny story of a personal journey paralleled by seismic changes in the country itself. A captivating read." -Elena Gorokhova, author of Russian Tattoo