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I swear that I could hear David Green reading this story to me as I read along. Greene is an NPR reporter and was assigned for some years to Russia. He’s got a reporter’s curiosity that drives him to stop and interview all the intriguing folks he runs across. And, brother, does he ever run across some intriguing folks. A couple whose son was a Russian hockey star, killed when his plane came down. A man whose dad invented the AK-47. A group of Russian babushkas.
A perfect summer read: great inter ...more
A perfect summer read: great inter ...more
With Russia so much in the news lately, I got curious about that huge country that has been sticking its nose into our democracy. This book has nothing to do with any of that but this memoir of NPR's former Moscow bureau chief's travels in the country does present a nice series of slices of life there. Not a deep dive into Russia's history, sociology or politics but I thoroughly enjoyed reading about the author's experiences. It was like a vicarious tour around Russia, with a very knowledgeable
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