WINNER OF THE ORWELL PRIZE NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS CHOICE Unforgettable . . . a book about Putin s Russia that is unlike any other. Patrick Radden Keefe, author of Empire of Pain

From a Moscow correspondent for The New Yorker, a groundbreaking portrait of modern Russia and the inner struggles of the people who sustain Vladimir Putin s rule

ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR NPR, Kirkus Reviews

In this rich and novelistic tour of contemporary Russia, Joshua Yaffa intro ...