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I picked it up at the Y book sale because I'd heard of it in an interesting but forgotten context -- and it was 50¢. Not what I expected (was I thinking it concerned the McCarthy era??) but good enough to finish. The trials and subtle torture of Rubashov hardly made pleasant reading, but a solid story with a background well done, especially with a preface to give the Koestler background.
Admission: I was thinking that Darkness at Noon had an Orwellian tint, but a bit of research revealed that Orw ...more
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marked it as to-read
