John Reed: Naive or Double Agent in the Bolshevik Trench of the Russian Revolution

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• XAVIER COLÁS

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Saturday, 24 October 2020 - 01:22

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Writer John Reed,

, also knew what it's like to confine.

But he did it to get rid of a book, not a virus.

It turned out to be the best book of his life, and one of the most important chronicles of the 20th century.

In a brief meeting in a cafe, his editor Max Eastman saw him sleepy, disheveled, but with a gleam of joy in his eyes.

"Max, don't tell anyone where I am. I'm writing the Russian revolution in a book.

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