The Information is a first-person narrative told by yet another Russian Nameless Guy antihero: this guy's life goes from bad to worse when he finds out, by snooping on his wife's phone, that his wife is having an affair. Nameless Guy spends hundreds of pages drinking, visiting Dagestan on a work trip, trying to woo women, and telling why he's afraid for his life. Though I can't say I loved the book, it's another train accident of a novel that I couldn't stop reading, and I have to admit that the lumpy structure (which Nameless Guy explains) and language fit Senchin's purposes here.

(There's more about The Information on my blog, here.) ( )