Agent

Another book showing how corrupt and manipulative the Russian state led by FSB really is. This book tells the story of the last 3 weeks or so of Alexander Litvinienko's life. It does it in a really gripping and “MTV” style, which is both good, as the short stories and anecdotes with small cliffhangers make you keep reading and reading goes super easy. As well, as bad, as it seems a bit superficial at places. The story it tells is an important one and the case of Litvinienko and how it was exposed is crucial to understand nowadays Russia, however, this book completely forgets who Litvinienko was and where did he come from. It doesn't try to challenge anything, doesn't pose doubts, besides whether Putin is the supreme evil or absolute evil. I would really appreciate if this kind of literature would be a little bit less black and white. This would add to its credibility and voice talking about murderous regimes like Putin's.