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The Man Who Loved Dogs, by Leonardo Padura (2013)

By Rebecca Johnston Leonardo Padura is arguably one of Cuba’s most untouchable writers. He made his name first as an investigative journalist, and then as the author of the Havana Quartet detective series, sometimes described as “morality tales for the post-Soviet era.” The Man Who Loved Dogs is by far his most ambitious work. A […]

Trotsky: Downfall of a Revolutionary by Bertrand M. Patenaude (2009)

Book cover of Trotsky: Downfall of a Revolutionary by Bertrand M. Patenaude

Within the span of thirty years, Lev Davidovich Bronshtein (Trotsky) went from living as a revolutionary in exile to being one of the world’s most successful revolutionary leaders, only to spend the waning years of his life back in exile and on the run from the regime whose creation defined his life’s work.

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