Andrzej Stasiuk, one of the best and most popular writers in modern Poland, is already known to Russian readers for his existential thriller “The White Raven.” And now for the first time in Russian - his new novel “Nine”. The hero of “Nine”, a private entrepreneur of the recent era of primary accumulation of capital, is trying by hook or by crook to repay a large debt. He is looking for money from old friends and ex-wives, from casual acquaintances and a local “godfather”. These searches turn into a tragicomic journey through the circles of modern hell with bandits and pimps in the role of demons...