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"[D]ark and fascinating....With Ivan the Terrible as a role model and Hitler as a competitor in genocide, the Stalin of this book does not make for light reading. But Mr. Lourie's prose is spare and evocative, the plot compelling even if the end is well-known, and the story surprisingly funny at times. It's a haunting portrait, a terrifying novel."Lourie, Richard is the author of 'Autobiography of Joseph Stalin A Novel', published 2000 under ISBN 9780306809972 and ISBN 0306809974.
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