Victor Sebestyen

A Pole’s view of the Czechs. Who cares? You will

A review of Gottland, by Mariusz Szczygiel, a profoundly funny book about how one copes with tyranny

A sculpted head of Stalin, knocked off its statue during an anti-Russian demonstration, 1956 Photo: Getty
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  • Gottland

    Mariusz Szczygieł

    Melville House, pp. 270

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