Dinner with the dissidents
Tesarsch, John, 1967-2018
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It is 1970, and cracks are appearing in the Soviet Union as it struggles to quell dissident voices. Censored at home, the Nobel laureate Alexander Solzhenitsyn is lauded in the West for exposing the underbelly of communism, and is rumoured to be writing his most damaging work yet. The Kremlin is worried; Solzhenitsyn must be stopped. The KGB turns to Leonid Krasnov, an aspiring young writer. They promise to make him Moscow's next literary star if he will infiltrate Solzhenitsyn's inner circle and report back on what the great author is hiding. At first Leonid complies, but when he falls in love with Klara, a brilliant dissident cellist, his allegiances waver. Many years later, Leonid is living a reclusive life in Canberra under an assumed name. Haunted by his past, he seeks one last, desperate chance to make amends.
Main title:
Dinner with the dissidents / John Tesarsch.
Author:
Tesarsch, John, 1967-, author
Imprint:
South Melbourne, VIC : Affirm Press, 2018.©2018
Collation:
312 pages ; 24 cm.
ISBN:
9781925584851 (paperback)
Dewey class:
A823.4
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
342729
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton Library | Adult Fiction - General | TESA | Available |