Matthew Janney

An innocent abroad: a Dutch tour operator in 1980s Russia

Pieter Waterdrinker describes being drawn inexorably into the corrupt gang culture of the collapsing Soviet Union

Pieter Waterdrinker. [Alamy]
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    Pieter Waterdrinker, translated by Paul Evans

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