Nothing Is True And Everything Is Possible: Adventures In Modern Russia
Author: Peter Pomerantsev
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: 22.99 AUD
: 9780571308026
: Faber & Faber, Limited
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: 01 December 2015
: 198mm X 129mm
: United Kingdom
: 22.99
: 01 January 2016
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: Peter Pomerantsev
: Paperback
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Description
A journey into the glittering, surreal heart of 21st century Russia: into the lives of Hells Angels convinced they are messiahs, professional killers with the souls of artists, bohemian theatre directors turned Kremlin puppet-masters, supermodel sects, post-modern dictators and oligarch revolutionaries. This is a world erupting with new money and new power, changing so fast it breaks all sense of reality, where life is seen as a whirling, glamorous masquerade where identities can be switched and all values are changeable. It is home to a new form of authoritarianism, far subtler than 20th century strains, and which is rapidly expanding to challenge the global order. An extraordinary book - one which is as powerful and entertaining as it is troubling - Nothing is True and Everything is Possible offers a wild ride into this political and ethical vacuum.
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The essential book on the New Russia, and how it's travelled from communist collapse to a new form of dictatorship.
