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Bronshtein in the Bronx
A wry, thought-provoking fictional portrayal of ten pivotal weeks in the life of Leon Trotsky, inspired by the Russian revolutionary's exile in New York City in 1917, by the New York Times bestselling author of The Company January 12, 1917: An ocean liner docks in New York Harbor. Among the disembarking emigrants is one Lev Davidovich Bronshtein--better known by his nom de guerre, Leon Trotsky. Bronshtein has been on the run for a decade, driven from his beloved Russia after escaping political exile in Siberia. He lives for--and is ready to sacrifice his life for--a workers' revolution, at any cost. But is he ready to become an American? In the weeks leading up to the February Revolution that will eventually see Lenin's Bolsheviks seize power, Bronshtein haunts the streets, newspaper offices, and socialist watering holes of New York City, wrestling with the difficult questions of his personal revolutionary ideology, his place in his own family, his relationship to Lenin, and, above all, his conscience. Master of the espionage novel Robert Littell brings to life the world-famous revolutionist's sojourn in the Bronx in this extraordinary meditation on purpose, passion, and the price of progress.
Book Details
- Publisher: Soho Press
- Publish Date: Jan 28th, 2025
- Pages: 208
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.60in - 5.80in - 0.80in - 0.75lb
- EAN: 9781641296861
- Categories: • Thrillers - Espionage• Thrillers - Historical• Historical - 20th Century - World War I
About the Author
Robert Littell is the author of twenty-one other highly acclaimed novels, many about the Cold War and the Soviet Union, including his masterwork, New York Times bestseller The Company, and the Los Angeles Times Book Award winner for best mystery-thriller Legends. An American born in Brooklyn, Robert Littell now lives in France.
Praise for this book
Praise for Bronshtein in the Bronx "Charming . . . An air of irreverence pervades this account, which is full of winking anachronisms that poke fun at Trotsky and his fellow idealists . . . Littell's fans will love this playful swerve."
--Publishers Weekly "Colorful . . . Littell creates a well-rounded personality in Trotsky."
--Kirkus Reviews Praise for Robert Littell "Compulsive reading from start to finish."
--The Boston Globe "Hugely entertaining . . . A serious look at how our nation exercises power . . . Popular fiction at its finest."
--The Washington Post Book World
"Littell is so gifted a creator of intelligent entertainment that I could give away almost everything and still not spoil your pleasure in reading."
--NPR's All Things Considered "A ripping good yarn--entertaining, chilling and insightful . . . Littell is great about nailing the details that make his stories convincing."
--Newsweek "[Littell's] variety of genre fiction deals with one of the oldest themes in Western art, the wavering line between illusion and reality."
--Chicago Tribune "If Robert Littell didn't invent the American spy novel, he should have."
--Tom Clancy
--Publishers Weekly "Colorful . . . Littell creates a well-rounded personality in Trotsky."
--Kirkus Reviews Praise for Robert Littell "Compulsive reading from start to finish."
--The Boston Globe "Hugely entertaining . . . A serious look at how our nation exercises power . . . Popular fiction at its finest."
--The Washington Post Book World
"Littell is so gifted a creator of intelligent entertainment that I could give away almost everything and still not spoil your pleasure in reading."
--NPR's All Things Considered "A ripping good yarn--entertaining, chilling and insightful . . . Littell is great about nailing the details that make his stories convincing."
--Newsweek "[Littell's] variety of genre fiction deals with one of the oldest themes in Western art, the wavering line between illusion and reality."
--Chicago Tribune "If Robert Littell didn't invent the American spy novel, he should have."
--Tom Clancy