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Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible: The Surreal Heart of the New Russia
Written by Peter Pomerantsev
Narrated by Antony Ferguson
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In the new Russia, even dictatorship is a reality show.
Professional killers with the souls of artists, would-be theater directors turned Kremlin puppet-masters, suicidal supermodels, Hell’s Angels who hallucinate themselves as holy warriors, and oligarch revolutionaries: welcome to the glittering, surreal heart of twenty-first-century Russia. It is a world erupting with new money and new power, changing so fast it breaks all sense of reality, home to a form of dictatorship—far subtler than twentieth-century strains—that is rapidly rising to challenge the West.
When British producer Peter Pomerantsev plunges into the booming Russian TV industry, he gains access to every nook and corrupt cranny of the country. He is brought to smoky rooms for meetings with propaganda gurus running the nerve-center of the Russian media machine, and visits Siberian mafia-towns and the salons of the international super-rich in London and the US. As the Putin regime becomes more aggressive, Pomerantsev finds himself drawn further into the system.
Dazzling yet piercingly insightful, Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible is an unforgettable voyage into a country spinning from decadence into madness.
Professional killers with the souls of artists, would-be theater directors turned Kremlin puppet-masters, suicidal supermodels, Hell’s Angels who hallucinate themselves as holy warriors, and oligarch revolutionaries: welcome to the glittering, surreal heart of twenty-first-century Russia. It is a world erupting with new money and new power, changing so fast it breaks all sense of reality, home to a form of dictatorship—far subtler than twentieth-century strains—that is rapidly rising to challenge the West.
When British producer Peter Pomerantsev plunges into the booming Russian TV industry, he gains access to every nook and corrupt cranny of the country. He is brought to smoky rooms for meetings with propaganda gurus running the nerve-center of the Russian media machine, and visits Siberian mafia-towns and the salons of the international super-rich in London and the US. As the Putin regime becomes more aggressive, Pomerantsev finds himself drawn further into the system.
Dazzling yet piercingly insightful, Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible is an unforgettable voyage into a country spinning from decadence into madness.
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Reviews for Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The content of the book was great but I absolutely couldn’t stand the narrator. His Russian accent sounded German and it drove me crazy. Bad narration can ruin an otherwise god book
- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5Fascinating content. But this narrator is the worst. He has one voice for all Russian men and it involves a scratchy throat and a dodgy accent that sounds like a weird mix between South African and cartoon Dracula. It's horrible. The women all get high-pitched British accents. Recommended for a read, not a listen.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Truely fascinating and written in a style that translates to a ideal audiobook. Excellent choice for a lover of world politics.