NOW FULLY UPDATED Who was Alexander Litvinenko? Why was he in London? What had happened in Russia since the end of the Cold War to make his life there untenable, and even in severe jeopardy in Britain? How did he really die, and who killed him? In his spokesman and close friend, Alex Goldfarb, and his widow Marina, we have two people who know more than anyone about the real Sasha Litvinenko, and about his murder. In Death of a Dissident they present the definitive account of these strange and troubling events. A real-life espionage thriller, their riveting book sheds astonishing light not just on this tragic story but also on the biggest crisis in relations with Russia since the fall of the Berlin Wall. 'Absorbing and intriguing . Brilliant' Sunday Business Post 'A timely book that provides powerful ammunition for the Beware Russia lobby: it shows in terrifying detail what a dysfunctional place the new Russia has become, where nothing is as it seems . A fascinating tour of the squalid entrepreneurs, crooks, scoundrels, mobsters and thugs who make up political and business life in Russia' Mail on Sunday 'Political dynamite . [This work] should play a part in shaming the West out of its silence and its appeasement of a regime that challenges the very essence of our humanity' Akhmed Zakayev, New Statesman £8.99 Pocket Books CURRENT AFFAIRS.