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Book SynopsisMikhail Iossel is an intense and thoughtful force for decency in the world. George Saunders
Iossel's writing is full of rage, enlightening observations, and oft witty humor . . . as he watches his beloved Americaa beacon of hope during his Soviet youthcoming undone by Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin's influence over him. Times of Israel
Mikhail Iossel''s Notes from Cyberground is our social media De Profundis with a touch of J''Accuse. Thoughtful, furious, eloquent, these posts are the diary of a writer who left the Soviet Union, stayed in touch with the horrors of the Putin reign, and after the 2016 elections, has experienced a hideous deja vu: a nightmare for someone who knows first hand what a dictatorship looks like. Francine Prose
Long after the present rulers are deposed, this treasury of invective will deserve to be read on its literary merits, just as we still read Pope's and Swift's satires of their contemporaries. The comparisons between
