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This is, briefly, the tale of a swindler, a Georgian Felix Krull, or even a cynical Don Quixote, named Kvachi Kvachantiradze: womanizer, cheat, wrongdoer of coverage fraud, bank-robber, affiliate of Rasputin, filmmaker, innovative, and pimp. although initially denounced as pornographic, Kvachi's story is likely one of the nice classics of twentieth-century Georgian literature--and a hilarious romp to boot.

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