Part two of Serge's 'defeat in victory, victory in defeat' semi-autobiographical trilogy of novels, each book essentially chronicling his time in Europe during the First World War, being incarcerated (which is what Men in Prison dealt with - see my review) in France and then, on release, travelin...
oh so well written fictional accounts of the 'true left' and their troubles in ussr after stalin decides they are dangerous and need liquidating. you see, they wanted to take back the revolution from what turned into the ridiculous and obscene 'bourgeoisie bureaucracy" and still fight for the li...