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Title: Barsukov Triangle, the Two-Toned Blonde and Other Stories by Carl R. Proffer, Ellendea Proffer ISBN: 0-88233-805-6 Publisher: Ardis Publishers Pub. Date: December, 1984 Format: Hardcover List Price(USD): $29.50

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Average Customer Rating: 2 (1 review)

Rating: 2
Summary: Not good at all
Comment: _The Barsukov Triangle_ and other stories are excellent examples of "socialist literature" - stories written during the Soviet era, and with the supervision and examiniation of Soviet authorities. This is glaringly apparent in the shocking mediocrity and generally poor quality of the stories.

The Barsukov Triangle, for example, is a rip-off of every book, script and story about the Beruda Triangle, with the exception that is it set in the Soviet Union. Characters are all stereotypes of the "ideal" Soviet man (and woman), in an idealized USSR where the shelves are stocked, there are no ques, and everyone is happy to be working towards socialism in one country. In other words, its bad. Really bad.

However, I have to give it two stars precisely because it is such an excellent example of the literature that the Soviet Union produced for mass comsumption. But readers beware.