Patriot

Charisma and courage still dazzle on every page. His voice is so vivid – fearless, playful, funny, clear-eyed – that while reading Patriot I kept finding myself forgetting he was dead * Sunday Times * Funny, fiery, reflective and tragic, laced with Navalny’s trademark wry humour and idealism -- Alexandra Alter * New York Times * Inspiring, emboldening – a voice that will not be forgotten -- David Remnick * New Yorker * A brave, passionate and intimate read about everything from family to activism * i * A worthy testament to the author’s resistance to Putin and a heartbreaking account of Russia’s collapse into war and repression … [Patriot] is the best example left to us of Navalny’s defiance, courage, humour, and love for a country he believed could become the beautiful Russia of the future * Financial Times * The late Russian activist’s memoir is an insightful, sharp, and even humorous account of fight against Putin’s regime – and a warning to the world … A brave and brilliant book -- Luke Harding * Guardian * This book is a gospel … [Navalny] is not going to be the political leader for future generations of Russians. But he might be the moral example – some kind of Russian messiah * Vanity Fair * Alexei Navalny never loses faith that his cause is worth suffering for … [Patriot] is a testament to a famed dissident's extraordinary battle against despair as the Russian authorities gradually increase their crackdown against him * Independent * [A] gripping posthumous account of Navalny’s long confrontation with Putin … Compelling, impressive * Telegraph * Patriot, by the murdered Russian opposition leader, will be seen as a historic text … Its value lies not in what it tells you about the cruelties of Mr Putin’s regime, but in what it reveals about the human spirit * Economist * One might expect a work by an anti-corruption activist and political prisoner … to read like a righteous diatribe. It does not. Patriot reveals less about Navalny’s politics than it does about his fundamental decency, his wry sense of humour and his (mostly) cheery stoicism under conditions that would flatten a lesser person * New York Times * The memoir is a chance to commune with the mind of a dissident … As a I read, I grieved, not just for Navalny the man, but for the idea of a person like him * Atlantic * Patriot is a plea to keep resisting Putin … Honest, full of penetrating wit and with a nice ear for mockery, [Navalny] wielded cheerfulness as a weapon and never lost faith that the right side must eventually prevail * Washington Post * Navalny writes with a fierce moral clarity … direct, precise and, in the face of unimaginable isolation, mordantly funny * New Yorker *