Does a book really matter? Is the world better if a book is published? In The Zhivago Affair: The Kremlin, the CIA, and the Battle Over a Forbidden Book, the authors prove that a book can really have impact in the world, especially when it is entangled in politics and ideology. The tug of war over Boris Pasternak’s Doctor Zhivago is a fascinating case study of how in times and places of political turmoil, the written word can be a weapon and a piece of art, even for art’s sake, a bomb.
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