The Death of Stalin
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3.9
Fabien Nury
The graphic novel that inspired the new Armando Iannucci movie which includes an all-star cast – Steve Buscemi, Simon Russell Beale, Jason Isaacs, Michael Palin, and Jeffrey Tambor.Fear, corruption and treachery abound in this political satire set in the aftermath of Stalin's death in the Soviet Union in 1953.When the leader of the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin, has a stroke - the political gears begin to turn, plunging the super-state into darkness, uncertainty and near civil war. The struggle for supreme power will determine the fate of the nation and of the world. And it all really happened.A darkly comic tale about the power vacuum left behind by Stalin's death.
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Author
Fabien Nury
Pages
122
Publisher
Titan Comics
Published Date
2017-07-05
ISBN
1785863525 9781785863523
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"Not my usual fare. Quick read, funny for what it is, but the end was really confusing. Needed to be a bit longer so people like me who don’t already know the story can follow the specifics. Better than most graphic novels for differentiating characters but still less clear than I’d like given the large number of characters and how similar they are in appearance and how little time we have to get to know them. I learned a bit about the end of Stalin’s life. Interesting in conjunction with reading “Putin’s Russia” last year."
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Teresa Prokopanko
"Just watch the movie, it is on Netflix "
Oliver Bankier
"This upvote comes with a caveat. It pales in comparison to the 2018 movie that is based on this graphic novel. A rarity in that category indeed, it is crisp, intelligent and fun, but it cannot escape the age old comparison. In that regard it suffers in statement, depth and direction, as all are beyond serviceable but much smaller in scope. Read this first, then watch the movie, and not vice versa as I did. "
Jared Boyer