Prolific and highly acclaimed author Josip Novakovich returns with a timely novel of Russian, Putin, and totalitarian aggression Novakovich has been highly awarded; a few standout honors include Man Booker International Prize finalist, Fulbright Specialist Program fellowship, Canada Arts fellowship, Governor General Awards finalist, American Book Award from the Before Columbus Foundation, the Whiting Writer’s Award, and a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship for Fiction, and much more In a time of Russian aggression, this is a compelling, intense, and very readable novel that gives a look underneath the Iron Curtain