The Wizard of the Kremlin by Giuliano da Empoli.
A former television producer turned adviser to Putin tells the story of his place inside the Kremlin. Giuliano da Empoli uses a fictional insider to explore political power as both institutional force and public performance.
Read it as a novel about the stories power tells, not as a substitute for a documentary record. It asks what happens when the distinction between truth and performance becomes an instrument of government.
