Red Plenty Francis Spufford
Publisher: Graywolf Press

Cultural historian Francis Spufford's Red Plenty is a novel about the reform of the planned economy in the Soviet Union during the years of the Khrushchev thaw. If it happened, and can be proved to have happened, then it's in; if it didn't, or can't be documented, then it's out. Henry Farrell mentions Francis Spufford's new book Red Plenty. This way of going about writing. I once had a neighbor, Igor, who was my age and had just moved to the United States from, at the time, the remains of what was the Soviet Union. About halfway through reading Red Plenty, I realized that I did not trust its author. Blot your tears with Plenty's gussied-up red velvet Twinkies. I just finished reading Red Plenty by Francis Spufford. Before proceeding, you should know three things: I have no connection, social or otherwise, with Francis Spufford. Francis SpuffordView on AmazonHistorians are not supposed to make stuff up.