Iprit [Mustard gas: a novel. In issues 1-9].

"Red Pinkerton"
Ivanov, V.V., Shklovsky, V.B. Mustard gas: a novel. [In issue 9]. Vol. 1-9. Moscow: State Publishing House, [1925].
Vol. 1: The black man who doesn't sleep. 32 pp., Issue. 2: Mourning Island. 32 pp., Issue. 3: Pashka-Tarzan. 32 pp., Issue. 4: Three crosses. 32 pp., Issue. 5: The Mystery of the Dove. 32 pp., Issue. 6: Combs in danger. 32 pp., Issue. 7: Battle above ground. 32 pp., Issue. 8: Golden Fountain. 32 pp., Issue. 9: End in Helicopter. 45 pp. ,18×12 cm.
Each issue has a two-color illustrated publishing cover by B. Titov; the preservation of the issues is mostly good; some pages are stained.
The adventure novel "Iprit", written in the tradition of "Red Pinkerton" and representing a parody of literary fun. A fantastic detective novel, a phantasmagoria, written in deliberately careless language. The only joint work of two wonderful authors.
Ivanov Vsevolod Vyacheslavovich (1895-1963) - writer, playwright. He was a member of the Kosmist group of proletarian writers, then the Serapion Brothers association. His most famous play is "Armored Train 14-69"
Shklovsky Viktor Borisovich (1893-1984) - writer, literary critic, critic, film critic and screenwriter. One of the founders of the "Society for the Study of the Theory of Poetic Language", leading theorists of the formal school. In the early 1920s. Lecturer at the Institute of Art History. After moving to Moscow in 1922, he became close to the futurists. With his numerous articles he had a significant influence on the literary process of the 1920-1930s.

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