The Man Who Loved Dogs
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A gripping novel about the assassination of Leon Trotsky in Mexico City in 1940
In The Man Who Loved Dogs, Leonardo Padura brings a noir sensibility to one of the most fascinating and complex political narratives of the past hundred years: the assassination of Leon Trotsky by Ramón Mercader.
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I loved this book’s sweeping historical story-telling, moving through the Spanish Civil War, the murder of Trotsky by Stalin, and modern-day Cuba.
What really made it sing was not only the richly drawn historical characters – including Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera – but also the clash between authoritarian communism and democratic socialism at the heart of the story, personified by the conflict between Stalin and Trotsky, which, in turn, represents the broader struggle between repression and humanism.
From Joel's list on revealing the inhumanity of authoritarianism and fascism.
This is a vivid reimagining of the Stalinist plot to assassinate Leon Trotsky, ultimately successful in 1940, and its repercussions in the Communist world. Iván, a frustrated Cuban writer, discovers this story, suppressed in Cuba, when he meets an aged foreigner walking his Russian greyhounds. Sensing a mystery like Raymond Chandler’s The Man Who Liked Dogs, Iván teases information from the man, who turns out to be Ramón Mercader (b. Barcelona, 1913), Trotsky’s assassin.
We also follow Trotsky’s precarious exile in Turkey, Europe, and finally Mexico, his marital and other conflicts and his inability to protect his sons and…
From Geoffrey's list on fiction on revolutionary social change.
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