Books by Masha Gessen
The Man Without a Face
by Masha Gessen
It’s a very polemical portrait of Putin, a man whom she detests. I think she nails a lot about him. She really focuses in on Putin the man and inverts this common picture of a glamorous, decisive, tough guy to show that the reality is sordid, scary and in a way rather pathetic.
Interviews where books by Masha Gessen were recommended
The best books on Putin and Russian History, recommended by Edward Lucas
Journalist and author Edward Lucas gives an excoriating critique of Putinism and explains how Russia’s amoral present is rooted in a failure to come to terms with its past.
