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Nicolai Lilin was born in 1981 and grew up in the small republic of Transnistria, which declared its independence in 1990 but has never been recognised. Nicolai left home to fight in the Russian army against the Chechens. He later lived in Ireland, before moving to Italy, where he continues to work as a tattooist in Turin.

In a contested, lawlessregion between Moldova and Ukraine known as Transnistria, a tightly knit groupof "honest criminals" live according to strict codes of ritualized respect andfierce loyalty. In a voice utterly compelling and unforgettable, Nicolai Lilin, born and raised within this exotic subculture, tells the story of his moraleducation outside the bounds of "society" as we know it, where men upholdvalues with passion-and often by brute f...