A story of love and adventure in an imaginary Slavic nation on the brink of historic change -- the debut of a ribald and raucous new literary voice Set in the quaint (though admittedly backward) fictional nation of Scalvusia in 1939, The Ballad of...
“A breakneck romp of a novel with a stolen Vermeer, a tangled love triangle, a half-baked heist and enough depraved opulence to make Gatsby gasp.” -- People“This novel pops -- Cosmopolitan, sexy, and funny.” -- Percival Ever...