A review by eric_roling
A Terrible Country by Keith Gessen

3.0

This was a nice read about a young overeducated man who goes to Moscow to live with his ailing grandmother. Her dementia and the craziness of Moscow create quite a fish-out-of-water tale. He eventually makes a number of friends there and finds a group to be a part of. His naivety creates a lot of the plot issues, and you can see things coming a mile a way. This was a very tender story at its heart, but I enjoyed it much more than I expected.