Dmitry Bykov's VZ is not a biography of Vladimir Zelensky. And it's not even a book about the war.
VZ - especially its third part, "Mystery" - is about, perhaps, the final battle between archaics and progress. A battle that is unfolding before our eyes and with our - whether we want it or not - direct participation.
VZ is the protagonist of this book. Unexpectedly for himself, he directed th...