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Backstory pick Sometimes fiction gets closer to the truth than any work of history. This unusual thriller by a political scientist is a great example, transporting readers from the wild west of 1990s Russia to the corridors of Putin's Kremlin. Gripping stuff. Tom
They call him the Wizard of the Kremlin.
Working at the heart of Russian power, spin doctor Vadim Baranov has used his background in reality TV to turn the entire country into an avant-garde political stage. Here truth and lies, news and propaganda have become indistinguishable.
But Vadim is growing increasingly entangled in the dark secret workings of the regime he has helped build, and now he is desperate to get out...
Sweeping from the fall of the Soviet Union to the invasion of Ukraine, this breathless story of politics and power has become an international sensation.