Darkness at Noon

‘Oneofthefewbookswritteninthisepochwhichwillsurviveit’NewStatesman.N.S.Rubashov,anoldguardCommunist,fallsvictimtoanunnamedgovernment;withoutstandingpsychologicalinsight,Koestlertraceshisstorythrougharrest,imprisonmentandtrailinaclassicnovelwhich,whenfirstpublished,famouslydrewattentiontothenatureofStalin'sregime.