Ljubov Barinova - Bosszú avagy egy moszkvai gyerekrablás krónikája

Moscow, early 2000s.
A three-year-old girl is kidnapped in broad daylight after a circus performance. The child kidnapper does not demand a ransom. He is motivated by revenge. He wants the little girl's parents to suffer the same way he once did when he lost the person closest to him, his sister.
The little girl's parents will never know who punished them.
To find out why the little girl's abductor is taking such a cruel revenge, we have to go back in time, to the Soviet Union of the 80s, and then to the 90s, the time of perestroika.
In her shocking novel, the contemporary Russian writer uses subtle psychological tools to present a mentally damaged person who, although he commits a crime, we cannot judge him.
The novel also raises serious philosophical questions. Where can hate lead? What can a person do if that which is most important to him in the world is taken away from him?