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In the last few days I read two other books written by Wladimir Kaminer, the author of Russendisko. They're similar in style, and absolutely hilarious: as with Russendisko, I am fascinated by the easy way of telling stories like Wladimir Kaminer does: simple, straight, funny, but in no way primitive. The two books are "Militärmusik", where he writes about all the experiences he made during his 2 year service in the Soviet Union's Red Army, and "Reise nach Trulala", containing stories about all the journeys to other countries that he did or at least planned to do. Wladimir Kaminer can really show that, sometimes, plain reality is way more interesting and funny than fiction.

Oh, BTW, he will present his new book at Amadeus Linz on 28th of January, and I reserved a seat already (although it's free)!