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The Twelve Chairs
The Twelve Chairs | Evgeni? Petrov
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Ostap Bender is an unemployed con artist living by his wits in postrevolutionary Soviet Russia. He joins forces with Ippolit Matveyevich Vorobyaninov, a former nobleman who has returned to his hometown to find a cache of missing jewels which were hidden in some chairs that have been appropriated by the Soviet authorities. The search for the bejeweled chairs takes these unlikely heroes from the provinces to Moscow to the wilds of Soviet Georgia and the Trans-caucasus mountains; on their quest they encounter a wide variety of characters: from opportunistic Soviet bureaucrats to aging survivors of the prerevolutionary propertied classes, each one more selfish, venal, and ineffective than the one before.
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Booksbymybed
The Twelve Chairs | Evgeni? Petrov
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Funny reread

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LibrarianRyan
The Twelve Chairs | Evgeni? Petrov
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There is no #casual sitting in my library. The only chair is a folding one.

#coolbooks @Linsy

julesG Just what I said. 6y
Linsy 😆 6y
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Lynnsoprano
The Twelve Chairs | Evgeni? Petrov
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I saw this on Goodwill Librarian‘s FB feed and had to share. I‘m middle row on the left 😊

AmyG I saw this, too. I‘m top left. It‘s so cute. ❤️ (edited) 7y
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callielafleur
The Twelve Chairs | Evgeni? Petrov
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A book that a good friend has highly recommended, though she prefers it in Russian.
#NovemberbytheNumbers
@JoeStalksBeck @Tiffy_Reads

manifestsanity Didn't Mel Brooks film this in the 60s? I vaguely remember seeing it as a kid. 7y
callielafleur @manifestsanity yup! Which she didn't know about, and we might watch it soon. 7y
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