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Taking place over a short, turbulent period in 1905, Petersburg is a colourful evocation of Russias capital—a kaleidoscope of images and impressions, an eastern window on the west, a symbol of the ambiguities and paradoxes of the Russian character. History, culture, and politics are blended and juxtaposed weather reports, current news, fashions and psychology jostle together with people from Petersburg society in an exhilarating search for the identity of a city and, ultimately, Russia itself. The one novel that sums up the whole of Russia.—Anthony Burgess