A review by clareagrippina
The Man Without a Face: The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin by Masha Gessen

5.0

This was one of the most terrifying books I have ever read, mostly when we hears of tyrannical leaders and the crimes they commit against their own people it is separated by history or in-consequentiality for world events (tragic as they may be). This book is a gripping story that really transforms Putin from the almost joke bond villain he has become on the internet into the real and terrible threat that he is. Masha Gessen has written an incredible work here and I really want to read what else she has done.