Death at the Dacha: Stalin's Last Movie, a Novel

by Paul M Levitt and Paul M. Levitt

As Stalin lies dying, this novel records his last thoughts, which he renders as a movie about the people he believes envenomed his life, namely, Lenin and certain women. (A film devotee, Stalin so loved movies that some scholars have even suggested that he governed the Soviet empire by cinematocracy, rule by cinema.) He has suffered a stroke but will linger for three days before dying. As in a film, he revisits scenes and old arguments with Lenin,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1493050591
• ISBN13: 9781493050598
• Release Date: January 2020
• Publisher: Lyons Press
• Length: 176 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.3" x 9.3"