Другая Америка. Бедняки, уголовники и мошенники в США

Ėta kniga vyshla vpervye v 1962 godu i srazu stala bestsellerom v SShA. Maĭkl Kharrington vpervye pokazal, chto pomimo blesti͡ashcheĭ Ameriki, blagopoluchnykh prigorodov i sii͡ai͡ushchikh megapolisov, sushchestvuet drugai͡a Amerika - strana moshennikov i melkikh ugolovnikov, prostitutok i sutenerov, gangsterov i nelegalʹnykh migrantov, strana professionalʹnykh nishchikh, alkogolikov i nishchikh samogonshchikov, baĭkerov, subkulʹturnykh tusovshchikov v Appalachakh i mnogo kogo eshche. Ėto t͡selai͡a otdelʹnai͡a strana, zhivushchai͡a pochti parallelʹno toĭ paradnoĭ Amerike, kotorui͡u my vse privykli videtʹ. Kniga okazala kolossalʹnoe vlii͡anie na russkogo pisateli͡a i politika Ėduarda Limonova - on poznakomilsi͡a s neĭ i ee geroi͡ami vzhivui͡u v gody svoego prozhivanii͡a 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.