Masodov is one of the best Russian writers today, although not everyone will like his harsh pedophilic gothic with a revolutionary-esoteric slant. Platonov, who was bitten by young ghouls, could have written such a book. — WeekendVladimir Sorokin is resting! Pus and lard don't roll! The literary heir of Platonov and Mamleev, the pathological “Russian cosmist” Ilya Masodov came up with a new book, which we do not recommend you read, although without it the picture of modern Russian literature would not be complete. — ExLibris The horrors described in the language of Platonov, crossed with Bazhov and multiplied by Mamleev, are pumped up with Sorokin’s pressure and power. It is no coincidence that “The Darkness of Your Eyes,” Masodov’s previous book, received a warning from the Russian Ministry of Press for numerous descriptions of “murders, mockery of corpses, obscene scenes provoking base instincts.” — Weekly Journal