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by | Jun 25, 2011 | Deception, Publishing, Russia, Soviet Union

The purpose of this web site is to make sense of liars whom I’ve lived and worked among, against, and for in my life. There are moments when I shake with rage at the memory of trust broken; as well I quiver with shame at the memory of breaking trust.  We deceive...
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Towards the next novel

by | Mar 12, 2011 | Book Reviews, Deception, Russia

On reading War and Peace (Tolstoi), On War (Clausewitz) and War (Sun Tsu) March 15, 2011 In writing my next novel “Wounded,” I have been thinking how to create the eminence grise, Alexander Soroka, is a disillusioned Bolshevik Russian Jew who had had a...

Memories from the time of Stalin

by | Dec 2, 2010 | Book Reviews, Russia, Soviet Union

I am reading interviews about Soviet Repression Orlando Figes [ http://www.orlandofiges.com/familyHistory.php ] with the assistance of Russian Memorial had gathered. It is about as sad as it gets. Memorial, controversial in Russia,  is both an organization and an...
for whom I write

for whom I write

by | Jan 21, 2010 | Deception, Russia, Soviet Union

In the winter of 2008-2009, Patrice and I taught English in Moscow to young Russian business people between the ages 25-40. English is the world language of commerce. If you want to get ahead, you speak English. It is how French speak business with Italians, Germans...