The Autobiography of Joseph Stalin: A Novel-Richard Lourie

The Autobiography Of Joseph StalinA Novel\nAuthor(s): Richard Lourie\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Hachette Books, United States\nImprint: Da Capo Press Inc\nISBN-13: 9780306809972, 978-0306809972\nSynopsis\nIn a spellbinding novel that combines the suspense of a thriller and the accuracy of a work of history, the psychology of a monster is fully revealed, every atom of his madness explored, every twist of his homicidal logic followed to its logical conclusion. \""Leon Trotsky is trying to kill me,\"" thinks Joseph Stalin. It's a paranoid lie, but all too real to Stalin. Trotsky, in exile in Mexico City, is writing a biography of Stalin that may offer proof of a secret crime that could force Stalin from power. What will Trotsky disclose before the long hand of Stalin reaches him and eliminates the threat? The prospect leads Stalin to reflect on his own life,the sly and domineering schoolboy battling a sadistic father . . . a youthful poet, thief, and seminarian who questions morality,.