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Last Dance at the Discotheque for Deviants
- Narrated by: Alexander Terentyev, Tom Prior
- Length: 12 hrs and 37 mins
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Summary
The venue was the canteen block of the Red Hammer Cement Works. It was the usual set-up: way out of town, secretive directions to get there, and disco lights blazing…
Moscow, 1993. The end of the Cold War and the collapse of the Soviet Union have brought unimaginable change to Russia. With this change come new freedoms: freedom to travel abroad and to befriend Westerners, freedom to make money, and even the freedom for an underground gay scene to take root.
Encouraged by the new climate of openness, twenty-one-year-old Kostya ventures out of the closet and resolves to pursue his dreams: to work in the theatre and to find love as his idol Tchaikovsky never could. Those dreams, however, lead to tragedy – not only for Kostya, but for his mother and for the two young men he loves, as all three face up to the ways they have betrayed him.
Last Dance at the Discotheque for Deviants is both a gripping mystery and a poignant, very human tale of people beset by forces beyond their control, in a world where all the old certainties have crumbled and it’s far from clear what will eventually take their place.
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- Amir
- 19-07-23
Terrific read
A wonderful evocation of life in Moscow in the early 1990s, funny, moving, and incredibly sad at times but shot through throughout with a real human empathy that makes the story compelling and very real. Huge thumbs up for this book.
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- rebell50
- 28-09-23
Engrossing read, about gay russian history
I want to listen again as need to concentrate on moving story that jumps back and forth.
strong and believable characters that tell an important gay story through their love.
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- Rich
- 05-08-23
Brilliant
Excellent story, great performance, highly recommended! It is good to understand gay life from a Russian perspective.
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- davo
- 09-07-24
Characters who connect with the listener
Shame and stigma. Fear and prejudice. Love and desire. Life for gay men living in Russia in the 1990’s and what a fascinating story the author has written. Not what I was expecting. No spoilers but wow, what a great listen. Excellent narration
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- Kevin
- 16-07-23
A story that you don’t want to end.
Completely absorbing, fascinating, gripping, brilliantly written and performed. I really didn’t want this to end.
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- Hi Ho Silver
- 03-01-24
Light and Dark
Perfect narration gives piquance and depth to a well written tale of lightness and dark; an adventure into exploration of what was taboo in Russia and rampantly free in other countries. Switching between the then and now of Glasnost. Revealing the grief and joy of love.
ENJOYED IT
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