The Russians

New York: Quadrangle / The New York Times Book Co, 1976. Book Club (BCE/BOMC). Hard Cover. Good/Good. 9x6x1. Book club edition. Chips and tears to jacket edges. Boards slightly bowed and soiled. 1976 Hard Cover. xi, 527 pp. Hedrick Smith has done what we all wish we could do: he has gone to Russia and spoken to the people. Over steaming samovars, in cramped flats, and on dirt-floors, he has spoken to peasants and bureaucrats, artists and officials. He has studied their customs and their governments and shares his fascinating insights and fresh perspectives with us.