Documents Concerning Rubashov the Gambler
By Carl-Johan Vallgren
Translated by Sarah Death
Vintage £7.99, 320 pages
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After gambling away his sizeable fortune, a destitute Josef Rubashov loses to the Devil at poker. Hell is full, so he is forced to endure immortality on earth. Now physically indestructible, he quickly remakes his fortune through staking his life at Russian roulette, and retires – until his luck turns.