The Wizard of the Kremlin (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781635423952)

A Best Book of the Year by Financial Times and Bloomberg

Filled with real political insight and intrigue, this thrilling novel explores the nature of power through the inner workings of Putin's regime.

Known as the "Wizard of the Kremlin," the enigmatic Vadim Baranov was a TV producer before becoming a political advisor to Putin, aka "The Czar." After his resignation from this position, legends about him multiply, with no one able to distinguish truth from fiction. Until one night, when he tells his story to the narrator of this book...

He immerses us in the heart of the Russian state, where sycophants and oligarchs have been engaging in open warfare, and where Vadim, now the regime's main spin doctor, turns an entire country into an avant-garde political stage. Yet Vadim is not as ambitious as the others. Entangled in the increasingly dark secrets of the regime he has helped create, he will do anything to get out, guided by the memory of his grandfather, an eccentric aristocrat who survived the Revolution, and the mesmerizing, merciless Ksenia, whom he has fallen in love with.

Giuliano da Empoli, once a senior advisor to Italian prime minister Matteo Renzi, draws on his experience behind the scenes to create an authentic, compelling portrait of power and how it corrupts.

Author: Giuliano Da Empoli
ISBN-10: 1635423953
ISBN-13: 9781635423952
Publisher: Other Press (NY)
Language: English
Published: 11/07/2023
Pages: 304
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.20w x 0.80d

Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 09/15/2023
Foreword 10/27/2023
Shelf Awareness 11/24/2023