The Wizard of the Kremlin
297 pages, Fiction
4.4 Stars, 990 Reviewers

 “Gripping…an extraordinary story…this is a book about artifice and the manipulation of reality, and Baranov is such an entertaining raconteur that the reader quickly falls under his spell…the novel serves as a bracing refresher course on the key events of recent Russian history…[it] succeeds on its own terms as a work of fiction, but the fact that it’s rooted in reality adds a chill that lingers long after you have put it down.” —The Guardian