Now I just downloaded an excerpt here on Goodreads, which was only 11 pages - But I'd like to tell you my impression!The story of the book seems okay, though the excerpt didn't really show that in my opinion. I think the book is more for male readers than women, but that's just my impression - Maybe if I read the entire book I'd get a different opinion. But I didn't think the storyline was bad!So if you think it sounds interesting, I'd give it a shot. The star of David Gurevich’s Vodka for Breakfast is Arkady Prikol, an elderly Russian Jew. In his attempt to run from the past (while also trying to solve the mystery of a man claiming to be his dead best friend), Prikol becomes a very likeable protagonist.In Gurevich’s funny, curious thriller, Prikol lives an ordinary life in New York. He does well with the life he’s created, happy enough to be in it until Timur – the old friend who’s been dead for some twenty years – makes contact. The old association shakes up his world, as he is forced to summon up his memory of their time together (such as their work creating and testing LSD in a lab) and their shared love for a woman named Lisa. And while they both fell for this same Russian woman, she did not turn out to be whom either of them had imagined her to be.With an apartment furnished from thrift stores and sidewalks, and a tendency to dwell on the more stereotypical themes of his life (i.e. a Jewish mother in a nursing home in the Bronx), Prikol is the kind of character you want to be reading. In a way, he is today’s every-man, complete with the facts, the zest, and some regrets.Prikol’s thoughts on the past – memories of friendship, love, and drug use – have the power to swallow up his present. His old life crashes into his new one, making our window into his average life that much more engaging. With all of that, the end appears to bring the story full-circle, providing good closure for Gurevich’s audience. Like its leading man, the novel itself is uncompromisingly bright and insightful.
What do You think about Vodka For Breakfast (2003)?
This is not an entire book. Falsely presented here. It is poorly written excerpt. Don't bother.
—Abhishek
WELL, I HAVE ONLY STARTED BUT IT IS RIVETING..
—Pucca
