“A great read, grim and unrelenting, with superior descriptions of rubble and the ravages of war on a city. The snipers are up close and personal, there is vodka, there is defiance, and there are amazing guerrilla warfare situations. As if you were there. This is a thrilling book that at moments becomes so visceral I had to put it down and yet had to finish. I have wanted to read about Stallingrad but now I think I have a better idea than a non fiction book would give me. You are in there, in the heart of a siege and by the sides of an icy Volga. Recommended.”
evaB wrote this review Saturday, August 27, 2011.
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