{"product_id":"diary-of-a-madman-the-government-inspector","title":"Diary of a Madman \u0026 The Government Inspector","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe best of Gogol in a single volume - his most famous drama and the most brilliant of his short stories.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAuthor, dramatist and satirist, Nikolay Gogol (1809-1852) deeply influenced later Russian literature with his powerful depictions of a society dominated by petty beaurocracy and base corruption. This volume includes both his most admired short fiction and his most famous drama. A biting and frequently hilarious political satire, The Government Inspector has been popular since its first performance and was regarded by Nabokov as the greatest Russian play every written.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe stories gathered here, meanwhile, range from comic to tragic and describe the isolated lives of low-ranking clerks, lunatics and swindlers. They include Diary of a Madman, an amusing but disturbing exploration of insanity; Nevsky Prospect, a depiction of an artist besotted with a prostitute; and The Overcoat, a moving consideration of poverty that powerfully influenced Dostoevsky and later Russian literature.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52030489428282,"sku":"9780140449075","price":27.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0868\/6449\/4906\/files\/9780140449075.jpg?v=1761096655","url":"https:\/\/titlemusicfilmbooks.com\/products\/diary-of-a-madman-the-government-inspector","provider":"TITLE ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}