| Thus is our young hero o] the Russian Revolution secretly smitten by the sirens of capitalism. In due course Dimitri is marked by the Kremlin as a young man with an exceedingly devious mind Accord- ingly they assign him to the New York Consulate of the U.S.S.R. For Dimitri, at last united with his love, it is a dream assignment But, as dreams go, America quickly takes on the colors of a nightmare from which there is no awak- ening. In short order, Dimitri finds himself intrigued against by his own chief of station, whose highest ambition is to ship the young spy back to Moscow--preferably in a steamer trunk At home in theconsulate, he rinds his future threatened by Katya,his voluptuous wile, whose highest ambition is tohave an unlimited and most unsocialist charge account at Bergdorf s. On the streets, he is stalked byLavrenti, a boyhood friend turned CIA-agent andnemesis, whose thirst for revenge compels him tokill Dimitri in a thousand little ways and one bigfinal payment And down on Wall Street, Dimitri isplagued by his own wild talent ]or making money inthe stock market, a lot of money, enough money tomake him one of the hundred richest men in Amer-ica-something that his employers in Red Squarewould find difficult to overlook if they knew. And, as Dimitri knows too well, the old men ofthe Kremlin have a deadly habit of knowing everything sooner.., or later A unique and highly entertaining tale of dark humor and rich understanding, The Commissar sReport is that rare hove[ that is simultaneouslythrilling, moving, and hilarious. What Joseph Hellerdid to World War II with Catch-22, Martyn Burkedoes to the Cold War with The Commissar s Report. |
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