A NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR
A JOURNALIST RISKS EVERYTHING TO REVEAL THE HELL OF LIFE IN STALIN'S SOVIET UNION. A GRIPPING THRILLER BASED ON AN EXTRAORDINARY TRUE STORY OF BRAVERY IN THE FACE OF TERRIBLE DANGER.
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'A cracking read… deserves high sales and equal praise’Financial Times
'A frighteningly intelligent thriller'Robert Dinsdale***
Moscow, 1932. Gareth Jones, a young Welsh reporter, arrives in the Soviet Union excited to see for himself how Josef Stalin is forging a new civilisation.
He meets American and British journalists who acclaim Stalin’s great experiment – but when Jones witnesses people starving to death in Ukraine, his belief in the Soviet revolution is shattered.
He must decide whether to report the truth or become just another useful idiot, saying only what the Communist secret police allow and smothering the evidence of his own eyes.
But Jones knows his life will be at risk if he is even thought to be defying Stalin. And when the woman he loves falls under the suspicion of the secret police, everything Jones values is in danger.
Can he reveal the terrible truth about the Ukrainian famine to the world, or will he be silenced forever?
THE USEFUL IDIOTis the secret history of the first great Soviet lie wrapped up in an electrifying novel perfect for readers of Robert Harris, Ken Follett, Frederick Forsyth, John le Carré and Kate Atkinson.
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'Dramatic...enthralling'The Observer
'A petrifying thriller... impossible to put down'Amazon Reviewer
'Not to be missed... the story flies off the page'Amazon Reviewer
'A terrific thriller which is only (small) part fiction'Amazon Reviewer
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John Sweeney is an award-winning journalist and a former long-serving BBC reporter. He is the author of twelve books, including four novels: THE USEFUL IDIOT, the 200,000-copy bestseller ELEPHANT MOON, another historical thriller based on true event, two modern-day political thrillers, COLD and ROAD. Non-fiction works include an investigation into the Church of Scientology, THE CHURCH OF FEAR and an account of his time spent undercover in North Korea, NORTH KOREA UNDERCOVER. He tweets from @johnsweeneyroar.
Genre: Historical
A JOURNALIST RISKS EVERYTHING TO REVEAL THE HELL OF LIFE IN STALIN'S SOVIET UNION. A GRIPPING THRILLER BASED ON AN EXTRAORDINARY TRUE STORY OF BRAVERY IN THE FACE OF TERRIBLE DANGER.
***
'A cracking read… deserves high sales and equal praise’Financial Times
'A frighteningly intelligent thriller'Robert Dinsdale***
Moscow, 1932. Gareth Jones, a young Welsh reporter, arrives in the Soviet Union excited to see for himself how Josef Stalin is forging a new civilisation.
He meets American and British journalists who acclaim Stalin’s great experiment – but when Jones witnesses people starving to death in Ukraine, his belief in the Soviet revolution is shattered.
He must decide whether to report the truth or become just another useful idiot, saying only what the Communist secret police allow and smothering the evidence of his own eyes.
But Jones knows his life will be at risk if he is even thought to be defying Stalin. And when the woman he loves falls under the suspicion of the secret police, everything Jones values is in danger.
Can he reveal the terrible truth about the Ukrainian famine to the world, or will he be silenced forever?
THE USEFUL IDIOTis the secret history of the first great Soviet lie wrapped up in an electrifying novel perfect for readers of Robert Harris, Ken Follett, Frederick Forsyth, John le Carré and Kate Atkinson.
***
'Dramatic...enthralling'The Observer
'A petrifying thriller... impossible to put down'Amazon Reviewer
'Not to be missed... the story flies off the page'Amazon Reviewer
'A terrific thriller which is only (small) part fiction'Amazon Reviewer
***
John Sweeney is an award-winning journalist and a former long-serving BBC reporter. He is the author of twelve books, including four novels: THE USEFUL IDIOT, the 200,000-copy bestseller ELEPHANT MOON, another historical thriller based on true event, two modern-day political thrillers, COLD and ROAD. Non-fiction works include an investigation into the Church of Scientology, THE CHURCH OF FEAR and an account of his time spent undercover in North Korea, NORTH KOREA UNDERCOVER. He tweets from @johnsweeneyroar.
Genre: Historical
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