Self-described 'fringy anthropology' of Soviet legacies and 'wasting' in 2010s Estonia strives to make an asset of its 'polyphony of vignettes', but ultimately fails to cohere. Good chapters on repair practices, a street market, and the social and symbolic half-life of a disused late Soviet stadium and leisure complex, but the book gets weaker as it progresses, and the frame of focus widens. Scrappily written, occasionally compelling, but insufficiently disciplined, falling short of my (admittedly high) expectations.