The Stalin Epigram

'A wonderful and compelling read about power, poetry, love, literature, terror and Russia' - Simon Sebag Montefiore. 'Profoundly informed, incredibly suspenseful and heartbreaking' - Martin Cruz Smith. 'Some novels bring history vividly, entertainingly and thrillingly to life - this is one of them. You read "The Stalin Epigram" and say to yourself, So that's what it was like"' - Ronan Bennett. '[This] may be his finest novel... A timeless story of courage and truth confronting the madness of absolute power. It's a brilliant work, always readable, sometimes funny and often heartbreaking. There are many books about Stalin's terror, but there cannot be many that bring its truths more vividly, painfully to life' - Washington Post. 'This is a masterful novel, bruising and sometimes joyous, a reminder of what was and what could be again. Compelling from start to finish, it's an important book, perhaps Littell's best, which is saying a lot' - Olen Steinhauer. 'Wonderful - Littell is unflinching in his portrayal of Osip's tragic arc, bringing a troubled era of Russian history to rich, magnificent life' - Publishers Weekly.

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Robert Littell is the bestselling author of numerous works, including "The Company", "Vicious Circle" and "The Once and Future Spy". A former "Newsweek" journalist, Littell is an American living in France.

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