The Last Man in Russia: And The Struggle To Save A Dying Nation

London: Penguin, 2013 9780141399492. Softcover. Like new. First edition. First printing. Number 001. No annotations or inscriptions. Fine. 284 pages incuding index + 10 extra pages of recent Penguin publications. Paperback Height: 17mm Width: 197mm Length: 133mm Weight: 230 grams. Oliver Bullough received the OXFAM Emerging Writer award in 2013. Award-winning writer Oliver Bullough travels the country from crowded Moscow train to empty windswept village, following in the footsteps of one extraordinary man, the dissident Orthodox priest Father Dmitry. His moving, terrifying story is the story of a nation: famine, war, the frozen wastes of the Gulag, the collapse of communism and now, a people seeking oblivion. Bullough shows that in a country so willing to crush its citizens, there is also courage, resilience and flickering glimmers of hope. In the 1960s, when the Soviet Union said it was building heaven on earth and the brave, non-conformist dissidents lived like free men in the midst of this enormous prison, the Russian nation began to drink itself to death. For a while, government income from vodka surpassed their income from oil. This title offers a study of a nation in crisis. 'Wonderful ... These are the chronicles of a writer who truly knows Russia' New York Times. .