This "truly important work. a book of signal significance" ( The Saturday Review ) "gives a vivid picture of (Soviet) courts at work, and therefore, since it is very good reporting, as sharp a picture of (Soviet) life and people. it is an entrancing book." ( The Economist ) "The most vivid reportage in years." - The New Statesman Extraordinary, compelling (and) an inspired achievement," ( The London Listener ) it is "the most interesting, perceptive and refreshing book by an American on life in the Soviet Union since time out of mind." ( Newsweek ).