"Red Plenty" by Francis Spufford. Many pointers from Google: https://www.google.com/search?q=red+plenty https://www.google.com/search?q=red+plenty It's a fict

"Red Plenty" by Francis Spufford. Many pointers from Google: https://www.google.com/search?q=red+plenty https://www.google.com/search?q=red+plenty It's a fictionalised history of some Soviet economics. There's a chapter on Kantorovich (cf the sibling comment). It goes reasonably deep (not mathematically deep) and provides a lot of context. Great book from a great author. Don't be put off by the "Soviet" part -- it's very entertaining.