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Review title: Danilov the Violist -- Delightful Read!
Product review: I always envisioned life under the Soviet flag as gray, humorless, uninspired--but Danilov suggests it was anything but humorless. I've read the book 3 times, and recommend it to everyone. Danilov, the half human half demon, is delightful. His job is to torment humans, but evil deeds give him stomach ache and he seeks to do good instead--though secretly, lest his employers from down below give him hell over it. And, as it turns out, there are things worse than hell, when he is threatened by total annihilation. The zany characterizations of both Russians and demons, the descriptions of Russian society and the games people played, the politics, the music -- Danilov is definitely one of my favorites. I've lived on China's Xiamen Island since 1988, and I wish there were an English book that could bring to life China of the 60s and 70s in the same way. If only there were a sequel--or a prequel, even!
