xiv, 520pp. Grey cloth-covered boards, red titles on spine. 8vo. . Bumped spine ends. Text block edges lightly soiled, starting to tan. Internally neat, clean, bright and tight. Dust jacket spine sun-faded, has shelf wear, chipping to edges, mirrors book damage, price clipped.
Studies the lives and writing of nearly a hundred writers who have lived under, been attracted to or even rejected Communism, with sections on the Soviet Union, the German writers and the writers of the Rest of the World.