The Little Golden Calf

Summary

The Little Golden Calf is a satirical novel about the adventures of the con artist Ostap Bender, who assembles a team of four swindlers to claim the inheritance of the underground millionaire Koreiko. Ostap skillfully manipulates people and situations to achieve his goal, but ultimately his plans fall apart. The novel is filled with wit, sarcasm, and criticism of the social vices of Soviet society in the 1930s.