{"product_id":"the-useful-idiot-paperback","title":"The Useful Idiot - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn Sweeney\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'An insightful, frighteningly intelligent thriller... a gem of a novel' \u003c\/strong\u003eRobert Dinsdale\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMoscow, 1932. Gareth Jones, a young Welsh reporter, arrives \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ein the Soviet Union excited to see for himself how Josef Stalin is forging a new civilisation.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe meets American and British journalists who acclaim Stalin's great experiment - but when Jones witnesses people starving to death in Ukraine, his belief in the Soviet revolution is shattered.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHe must decide whether to report the truth or become just another useful idiot, saying only what the Communist secret police allow and smothering the evidence of his own eyes.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this special kind of hell, anyone could be an informer, and Jones knows his life will be at risk if he is even thought to be defying Stalin. And when the woman he loves falls under the suspicion of the secret police, everything Jones values is in danger.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCan he reveal the terrible truth about the Ukrainian famine to the world, or will he be silenced forever?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE USEFUL IDIOT \u003c\/strong\u003eis the secret history of the first great Soviet lie - wrapped up in an electrifying novel perfect for readers of Robert Harris, Ken Follett and Kate Atkinson.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs Vladimir Putin rewrites the Nazi-Soviet pact and with the horrors of Chernobyl and the Cold War so recent, this thriller of fake news in 1932 is real storytelling of enormous significance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.58 x 8 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 30, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47249884938489,"sku":"9781909269347","price":22.97,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/aExYdHJabWNGYWxqTFhIc2pQejFFQT09.webp?v=1768653056","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/the-useful-idiot-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}