Project Nirvana: How the Cold War Was Won

In the dying days of the Soviet empire a Russian scientist decides to save the natives of Kamchatka from alcohol-related extinction by replacing vodka with a psychedelic mushroom. This experiment was quickly terminated by the Party. In Project Nirvana Pyotr Patrushev extrapolates these true events into a plot that is now more relevant than ever. Robyn Williams called "Project Nirvana": "A wildly imaginative book. . .Amazing tales..." (ABC Radio). Michael McGirr wrote in The Sydney Morning Herald: "Patrushev's novel brings together the visions of Orwell and Huxley."