A new paperback edition of the acclaimed, bestselling novel - a stunning work of political fiction that reads like a thriller, about the rise to power of Putins notorious spin doctorA captivating novel that sails close, perhaps too close, to reality Financial Times, Books of the yearA great book, casting light on the creatures that crawl and slither behind the Kremlins walls, on the mineral hardness of Putin, on the chaos engine that is his way of hurting us. Read this book and you will understand the Russian mind-fuck. Read it John SweeneyThey call him the Wizard of the Kremlin. Working at the heart of Russian power, the enigmatic Vadim Baranov-Putins chief spin doctor-has used his background in reality TV to turn the entire country into an avant-garde political stage. Here truth and lies, news and propaganda, have become indistinguishable. But Vadim is growing increasingly entangled in the dark secret workings of the regime he has helped build, and now he is desperate to get out...