The Commissariat of Enlightenment by Ken Kalfus

The Commissariat of Enlightenment

Ken Kalfus

304 pages first pub 2003 (editions)

fiction historical literary dark reflective slow-paced

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Russia, 1910. Leo Tolstoy lies dying in Astapovo, a remote railway station. Members of the press from around the world have descended upon this sleepy hamlet to record his passing for a public suddenly ravenous for celebrity news. They have been j...

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