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This is a novel of an economic concept, The Central Plan, set in the Soviet Union of the 50's and 60s. The novel uses semi-fictional characters to tell some real economic history. It also comes with 50 page of explanatory notes and references, and with multi-page chapter introductions gently explaining Soviet dreams, hopes and economics.
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Francis Spufford is the award-winning author of several books, including The Child That Books Built, Golden Hill, and Unapologetic. In 2007 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He teaches writing at Goldsmiths College and lives near Cambridge, England.
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"A marvel... a work, by turns learned and lyrical, that grows by degree, accreting into something lasting: a replica in miniature of a world of ideas never visible to most, and now gone." -- Andrew Meier, New York Times Book Review
"At the end of the first chapter... I printed a nerdy but heartfelt word: 'Bravo'. I felt like giving the author a little bow, or maybe a one-man standing O." -- Dwight Garner, The New York Times
"An engrossing, and at times deeply moving historical drama." -- Max McGuinness, The Daily Beast
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- PublisherFaber and Faber
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 0571225233
- ISBN 13 9780571225231
- BindingHardcover
- Edition number1
- Number of pages434
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