false 50175828 177490 30672 0553265954 9780553265958 121 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168080503m/30672.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168080503s/30672.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30672.Darkness_at_Noon 3.99 1298 Darkness At Noon stands as an unequaled fictional portrayal of the nightmare politics of our time. Its hero is an aging revolutionary, imprisoned and psychologically tortured by the Party to which he has dedicated his life. As the pressure to confess preposterous crimes increases, he re-lives a career that embodies the terrible ironies and human betrayals of a totalitarian movement masking itself as an instrument of deliverance. Almost unbearably vivid in its depiction of one man's solitary agony, Darkness At Noon asks questions about ends and means that have relevance not only for the past but for the perilous present. It is—as the Times Literary Supplement has declared—"A remarkable book, a grimly fascinating interpretation of the logic of the Russian Revolution, indeed of all revolutionary dictatorships, and at the same time a tense and subtly intellectualized drama..."]]> 17219 3.98 2036 249 1940 4 0 false Mon Mar 23 10:02:40 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 23 10:02:40 -0700 2009