Young Heroes of the Soviet Union

''Engrossing'' Daniel Beer, Guardian

''A beautiful book... incisive, radiant'' Olivia Laing

''Illuminating, dramatic... majestic writing'' Spectator

''Enthralling... a triumph'' Andrew Solomon

Alex Halberstadt returns to Russia, the troubled, enigmatic land of his birth, where decades of Soviet totalitarianism shaped and fractured three generations of his family, in this haunting work of memoir and hi...