The Sons Also Rise
What is it like to grow up as the child of a dictator?
Found In Translation
One of the greatest writers of short stories is finally getting his English-language dues
Triumph of the Will
A new work brings into striking contrast the personalities of Stalin himself and the other members of the Soviet elite in his time
Russia’s not so Lovable Rogue
An account of Eduard Limonov's adventurous life, that's a bit too heavy on admiration
Last days of hope and glory
The years 1880-1914 were just as much an Age of Improvement as an Age of Decadence
Sound, Fury and Not Much Else
Slovenia's second most famous export, Slavoj Žižek, gets full marks for effort, but his 1970s dialectic seems a bit retro
Scenes From An Abused Life
New Year's Day Is Black shows a life laid bare in delicate watercolour sketches
From Jargon To Incantation
An update of Roger Scruton's takedown of Leftist intellectuals is even sharper than its predecessor
A poet casts a prosaic die
John Fuller's new volume of prose poems are grimmer and harder to read than his previous works
Hellenistic Hubris
Johanna Hanink's The Greek Debt asks if we owe the Greeks for the foundations of Western democracy—or do they owe us for their economic mismanagement?