by Bill Browder, 2015, Simon & Shuster

I thought this was a very good book, well-written and informative.  There are some reviews on Amazon that fault the author for being self-absorbed.  This book is about him and his experience with Russian crooks, some of whom may have wanted to murder him.  I can easily understand why someone in his situation would be somewhat self-absorbed.

Anyway, this book confirmed my desire not to travel to or in Russia ever again.  When I made my short visit to St. Petersburg on a cruise a few years back, I observed how nobody seemed to smile or make eye contact.  Now I can understand why.  There are many other places in this world I haven’t visited yet where people are much happier.  With the time I have left, I won’t be wasting it on Russia ever again.

I thought the book was well written and well organized.  The only problem I had with it was that I sometimes had trouble keeping track of all the characters.  He might have done what Tolstoy did in  War and Peace, which was to include a cast of characters at the beginning of the book.

I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in what goes on in Russia.