The Amazon page for Francis Spufford's Red Plenty, http://www.amazon.com/Red-Plenty-Francis-Spufford/dp/1555976042/ http://www.amazon.com/Red-Plenty-Francis-Spu

The Amazon page for Francis Spufford's Red Plenty, http://www.amazon.com/Red-Plenty-Francis-Spufford/dp/1555976042/ http://www.amazon.com/Red-Plenty-Francis-Spufford/dp/1555976... , currently features as 2nd comment one that starts by saying: "I happened to grew up in Soviet Union and actually met some of the people mentioned in this book ..." (and goes on to praise the authors accuracy.)