ocr: Alcoholism is omnipresent. In - the towns, drunks are everywhere you look. Today, for the umpteentn time, I - have been assaulted by a completely plastered Mongolian. I'm getting really tired of this fierce national pride, this deliberate display of contempt for anything that does not descend from Genghis Khan. Unfortunately for - me, - have less respect for my.own self-esteem than I have for the knife he - is wearing inside his boot.