{"product_id":"koba-the-dread-laughter-and-the-twenty-million-9781250414908","title":"Koba the Dread: Laughter and the Twenty Million","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA blistering blend of history and political reckoning, \u003ci\u003eKoba the Dread\u003c\/i\u003e is Martin Amis's searing indictment of Stalinist terror and the Western intellectuals who turned a blind eye.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA deft and deeply felt combination of history, memoir, and political criticism, \u003ci\u003e Koba the Dread\u003c\/i\u003e is Martin Amis's razor-sharp investigation into the legacy of Joseph Stalin. Drawing from conversations with his father, Kingsley, a onetime Comintern acolyte, and family friend Robert Conquest, the distinguished Sovietologist who helped strip away the USSR's facade, Amis blends irony and sorrow with characteristic precision. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the face of Stalin's infamous aphorism--that the death of one is a tragedy, while the death of millions is a mere statistic--Amis offers a scathing rebuttal. \u003ci\u003eKoba the Dread\u003c\/i\u003e is not just an exploration of Soviet terror; it is an intensely personal counterpoint to the moral apathy that allowed such horrors to flourish.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Picador USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/24\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781250414908\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.25h x 5.38w x 1.00d","brand":"Martin Amis","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52197315870901,"sku":"9781250414908","price":17.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_148b8d1b-dd8a-4204-9109-9c70099cf20b.jpg?v=1769623153","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/koba-the-dread-laughter-and-the-twenty-million-9781250414908","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}