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In his latest novel Julian Barnes author of Talking It Over and A History ofthe World in 10 12 Chapters trains his laserbright prose on the collapse ofCommunism in Eastern Europe.Stoyo Petkanov the deposed Party leader is placed on trial for crimes thatrange from corruption to political murder. Petkanovs guilt and therighteousness of his opponents would seem to be selfevident. But asbrilliantly imagined by Barnes the trial of this cunning and unrepentantdictator illuminates the shadowy frontier between the rusted myths of theCommunist past and a capitalist future in which everything is up for grabs. «
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