Sell Us the Rope
eBook - ePub

Sell Us the Rope

A Novel

  1. 234 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - ePub

Sell Us the Rope

A Novel

About this book

" Sell Us the Rope is original, adept and confident, with the spry sardonic voice of the new historical fiction: it is entertaining and in the end, deeply moving." —Hilary Mantel

"A deeply satisfying novel. Incisive, inventive, frequently very funny." — The Guardian

In London in 1907, a decade before the revolution, young Stalin has yet to achieve the power, nor acted on the ruthlessness, that will define his legacy. Instead Koba, as he is known, arrives in London for the 5th Congress of the Russian Communist Part where he—and many of his fellow Bolsheviks—are only allowed to remain as a nonvoting witness. But his inability to vote does not limit his ability to act, and Stalin quickly begins forging alliances with the likes of Lenin, Trotsky, Rosa Luxemburg—and a vivacious Finnish activist named Elli Vuokko.

As the Congress progresses, Koba begins to take daring risks—with the young Finnish idealist, with his past relationships to the Russian government, and with his future in the party. But as he manipulates those loyal to him and seeks to discover who he will remain loyal to in return, we see a great political mind in the works, and witness the development of a dictator.

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Information

Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing
Year
2023
Topic
Literature
eBook ISBN
9781639731442
Subtopic
Literature General
Index
Literature

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. More Praise for Sell Us the Rope
  3. Dedication
  4. By the Same Author
  5. Title Page
  6. Contents
  7. Epigraph
  8. 1. How Can Anyone Live Like This?
  9. 2. We Can Dream
  10. 3. Something Every Woman Should Know
  11. 4. A Decent Result
  12. 5. Such Peacocks
  13. 6. We Should Talk More About This
  14. 7. Girl Nihilists
  15. 8. Silently Hostile
  16. 9. Space for Innocence
  17. 10. All We Have
  18. 11. Emily Fucking Bronte
  19. 12. Something Inside His Heart
  20. 13. Filth Like This
  21. 14. Fun
  22. 15. Distractions
  23. 16. A High Diving Board
  24. 17. Mirror Gestures
  25. 18. The Real Enemy
  26. 19. Maybe It’s For The Best
  27. 20. Armour
  28. 21. The Hungry Light
  29. 22. Dignity
  30. 23. A Beautiful Fellow
  31. 24. Gratitude
  32. 25. Something With a Bit of Oomph
  33. 26. We Are Nothing
  34. Author’s Note
  35. Acknowledgements
  36. A Note About the Author
  37. Copyright

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