The Sacred Book of the Werewolf

Copyright © Victor Pelevin, 2005

Translation copyright © Andrew Bromfield, 2008

All rights reserved

Originally published in Russian by Eksmo, Moscow.

English translation first published in Great Britain by Faber and Faber Limited.

Publisher’s Note

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or

are used fictitiously, and any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, business establishments, events,

or locales is entirely coincidental.

LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CATALOGING IN PUBLICATION DATA

Pelevin, Viktor.

[Sviashchennaia kniga oborotnia. English]

The sacred book of the werewolf / Victor Pelevin ; translated by Andrew Bromfield.

p. cm.

Summary: A novel about a fifteen-year-old prostitute who is actually a 2,000-year-old werefox who seduces men with

her tail and drains them of their sexual power. She falls in love with an FSB officer who is actually a werewolf.

eISBN : 978-1-440-60932-9

I. Bromfield, Andrew. II. Title.

PG3485.E38S8713 2008

891.73’44 — dc22

2008015563

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