← Ilya IlfThe Twelve Chairsby Ilya IlfComic novel about con artists pursuing a valuable chair hidden in a provincial townFind on Amazon↗About the authorIlya IlfSoviet author who co-wrote with Yevgeny Petrov two of the funniest novels in the Russian language. The Twelve Chairs and The Golden Calf follow the comic con man Ostap Bender through the chaos of Soviet modernization.More by Ilya IlfThe Golden CalfPicaresque sequel continuing the adventures of scheming swindlers across the Soviet landscape→One-Storied AmericaTravel narrative documenting the absurdities of American capitalism and consumer culture→Notes of a Film Director→Notebooks→
