It seems a good chunk of the press corps in Moscow wanted to do books on the Russian government and people, and this one (by the Times of London correspondent) is no exception. If you've read one book in this genre, you've pretty much read them all. Frankly, I think David Shipler does a better and deeper job with his book, and you're better off with that one. Something of a museum piece, now, with the collapse of the USSR. ( )

Soviet Life