Nick TaussigMan is a wolf to man, according to The Grand Inquisitor in Dostoevskii’s The Brothers Karamazov. He has no inclination to be good, but is […]
Non-Fiction
Putin, a modern day Stalin
Masha Gessen, the Russian journalist, wrote a very important book last year, published by Granta in the UK. The Man Without a Face is a devastating portrait […]
Screen heroes under totalitarian rule
epitoneTotalitarianism is a political system in which the state holds total authority over society and seeks to control all aspects of public and private life […]
The marks of a thief-in-law
Brought to popular western culture in the contemporary film Eastern Promises directed by David Cronenberg, and now on display at the Saatchi Gallery in the […]
Why I wrote “The Distinguished Assassin”
As a postgraduate student of Russian literature at the University College London School of Slavonic and East European Studies in 1995, I will never forget […]
Maxima Mea Culpa
Alex Gibney’s new documentary, Maxima Mea Culpa, which premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival this year, casts a critical eye on the issue of […]
What constitutes a really great work of fiction?
We have all done it, set down eagerly to read a new book and come away disappointed after the first few pages. It is not […]
“Don Don”, a review by D. Hansford
“I was recommended to read this book by a friend and I can honestly say I couldn’t put it down. It’s a wonderful story with […]
“Don Don”, a review by Wallada Barnes
“Don Don is a perfect entertaining book for me, spirituality and fiction. The book makes sense in many ways: the characters, Buddhism, Thai lives etc. […]
“Don Don”, a review by :D
“Just finished Don Don… finished it in less than 8 hours… very interesting and enlightening… still thinking of the characters.. the author has used a […]