Siberian Education: Growing up in a criminal underworld

Name: Siberian Education: Growing up in a criminal underworld
Brand: Penguin Random House NZ
SKU: 9781921656323
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By Nicolai Lilin

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Siberian Education: Growing up in a criminal underworld by Nicolai Lilin offers a gripping recounting of a childhood within a tightly-knit criminal community in Siberia. The author describes a society governed by its own strict codes and traditions, separate from mainstream culture. This memoir provides a fascinating insight into how family and community values shape the identities of those growing up in this challenging and often violent milieu.
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This book may appeal to you if you are intrigued by tales of survival and resilience amidst harsh and unforgiving environments. It offers a gripping glimpse into the world of a unique Siberian community, blending gritty criminal elements with rich cultural insights, perfect for those who enjoy true crime narratives infused with intense human drama.

Siberian Education: Growing up in a criminal underworld

The story of a tiny community of 'honest' and 'dishonest' criminals in Transnistria, a remote region between Moldovia and Ukraine. This is a place with a strict code of honour, a complex hierarchy, and a deep distrust of outsiders, especially police. This memoir is an account of a young boy growing up in a world unlike anything we have experienced.

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The only thing a worthy criminal takes from the cops is a beating, and even that he gives back, when the right moment comes.

Siberian Education is the story of a tiny, tightly knit community of 'honest' and 'dishonest' criminals in Transnistria, a remote region between Moldovia and the Ukraine. This is a place with a strict code of honour, a complex hierarchy, and a deep distrust of outsiders—especially the police.

Transgressions bring swift and severe retribution, and weapons are treated almost as religious icons. Nicolai Lilin's memoir is an account of a young boy growing up in a world that is strangely recognisable, yet unlike anything we have experienced.

Controversial, brutally honest, and sometimes disturbing, Siberian Education takes the reader to a place no writer had ever been.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781921656323

Publisher: Text Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 31 May 2010

Country: Australia

Imprint: The Text Publishing Company

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 33.0mm

Width: 154.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 605g

Pages: 464

Collections

Biography & Memoir Crime & Thriller Fiction Nicolai Lilin Penguin Books True Crime

About the Author

Nicolai Lilin grew up in the small republic of Transnistria, which declared its independence in 1990 but has never been recognised. He fought in the Russian army against the Chechens, became a fisherman off the coast of Ireland for a year and now runs a tattoo parlour in Turin.