The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin by Gessen, Masha
The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin by Gessen, Masha

The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin

National Book Award winner Masha Gessen's biography of a ruthless man's ascent to near-absolute power. "In a...
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The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin by Gessen, Masha

The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin

$223.22
The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin by Gessen, Masha

The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin

$223.22
Author: Masha Gessen
Format: Paperback
Language: English
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National Book Award winner Masha Gessen's biography of a ruthless man's ascent to near-absolute power.

"In a country where journalists critical of the government have a way of meeting untimely deaths, Gessen has shown remarkable courage in researching and writing this unflinching indictment of the most powerful man in Russia." --The Wall Street Journal

"Thanks to fearless reporting and acute psychological insights, Masha Gessen has done the impossible in writing a highly readable, compelling life of Russia's mysterious president-for-life." -Tina Brown, The Daily Beast

The Man Without a Face is the chilling account of how a low-level, small-minded KGB operative ascended to the Russian presidency and, in an astonishingly short time, destroyed years of progress and made his country once more a threat to his own people and to the world.

Handpicked as a successor by the family surrounding an ailing and increasingly unpopular Boris Yeltsin, Vladimir Putin seemed like a perfect choice for the oligarchy to shape according to its own designs. Suddenly the boy who had stood in the shadows, dreaming of ruling the world, was a public figure, and his popularity soared. Russia and an infatuated West were determined to see the progressive leader of their dreams, even as he seized control of media, sent political rivals and critics into exile or to the grave, and smashed the country's fragile electoral system, concentrating power in the hands of his cronies.

As a journalist living in Moscow, Masha Gessen experienced this history firsthand, and for The Man Without a Face has drawn on information and sources no other writer has tapped. This account of how a faceless man maneuvered his way into absolute--and absolutely corrupt--power is the definitive biography of Vladimir Putin.

Author: Masha Gessen
Publisher: Riverhead Books
Published: 03/05/2013
Pages: 352
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.75lbs
Size: 8.90h x 6.00w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9781594486517
Audience: Young Adult


Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 04/14/2013 pg. 24

About the Author
Masha Gessen is a Russian-American journalist who writes fluently in Russian and English. She contributes frequently to Vanity Fair, The New York Times, Newsweek, Slate, and many other publications. The author of several previous books, she lives in Moscow.
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