"Lebedev's debut novel evokes, in powerful poetic prose, the Soviet work camps of the Arctic north, posing a heartfelt challenge to those who prefer to forget."
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“Palace of Flies is one of those rare biographical novels that bring a whole world to life in a way that lingers in memory. This is an important book in which Walter Kappacher holds a peculiarly sharp mirror to the past and shows us, as all good historical novels do, an eerily astute glimpse at our present.”
Jay Parini, author of Borges and Me