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@Noupside "Bender knew 400 relatively legal ways to make the population part with their money." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostap_Bender https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Twelve_Chairs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDfBTI6ObWg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Little_Golden_Calf The novels belong to the picaresque novel genre, which was previously rare in Russian literature.[1] The picaresque novel (Spanish: picaresca, from pícaro, for 'rogue' or 'rascal') is a genre of prose fiction. It depicts the adventures of a roguish but appealing hero, usually of low social class, who lives by his wits in a corrupt society.[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picaresque_novel