THE DICTATOR
THE LIFE AND DEATH OF STALIN, by Louis Fischer; Jonathan Cape. English price, 16/-. N fairness to readers it must be explained that this book arrived two days beforé the announcement of Stalin’s death. Its last chapter, from which part of the title is taken, is mostly speculation on what would happen in the Kremlin when Stalin’s rule was ended. The greater part of the book is an account of the dictator’s life and work. Mr. Fischer was in Russia for 14 years and is an experienced journalist. It is impossible to judge how carefully he has treated the facts, and his attitude is by no means detached. But he has an eye for dramatic detail; he has personal knowledge of the earlier part of the story; and he claims to have had access to new material. He is also very readable.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 28, Issue 725, 5 June 1953, Page 14
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