Satirical wit, jokes, puns pepper 'Rubble of Rubles'

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Russian President Vladimir Putin. PHOTO | ALEXEY FILIPPOV | SPUTNIK VIA AFP

In 2006, an innovative young man called David Stromberg asked participants of the Summer Literary Seminars in Russia that included writers like the late Kenyan-Ugandan author Binyavanga Wainaina to write novellas for his St Petersburg noir series.

Nevertheless, 17 years later, with Russia on everyone’s lips, from Vladivostok to Ascencion, thanks to Putin’s invasion of neighbouring Ukraine, Concordia University lecturer Josip Novakovich has released a comedic political satire, Rubble of Rubles.