Другая Америка. Бедняки, уголовники и мошенники в США

Eta knyga vyshla vpervye v 1962 godu y srazu stala bestsellerom v SShA. Maykl Kharryngton vpervye pokazal, chto pomymo blestyashchey Ameryky, blagopoluchnykh prygorodov y syyayushchykh megapolysov, sushchestvuet drugaya Ameryka – strana moshennykov y melkykh ugolovnykov, prostytutok y sutenerov, gangsterov y nelegalnykh mygrantov, strana professyonalnykh nyshchykh, alkogolykov y nyshchykh samogonshchykov, baykerov, subkulturnykh tusovshchykov v Appalachakh y mnogo kogo eshche. Eto tselaya otdelnaya strana, zhyvushchaya pochty parallelno toy paradnoy Ameryke, kotoruyu my vse pryvykly vydet. Knyga okazala kolossalnoe vlyyanye na russkogo pysatelya y polytyka Eduarda Lymonova – on poznakomylsya s ney y ee geroyamy vzhyvuyu v gody svoego prozhyvanyya v SShA.

This book was first published in 1962 and immediately became a bestseller in the United States. Michael Harrington showed for the first time that in addition to brilliant America, prosperous suburbs and shining megacities, there is another America – a country of scammers and petty criminals, prostitutes and pimps, gangsters and illegal migrants, a country of professional beggars, alcoholics and beggars moonshiners, bikers, subcultural hangouts in Appalachia and many others. This is a whole separate country, living almost parallel to the parade America that we are all used to seeing. The book had a tremendous impact on the Russian writer and politician Eduard Limonov – he got to know her and her characters live during his years in the United States.