Luke Harding is an award-winning foreign correspondent with The Guardian. Between 2007 and 2011 he was the Guardian's Moscow bureau chief; the Kremlin expelled him from the country in the first case of its kind since the Cold War.
“Gripping. . . . The case against Mr. Putin, his intelligence
agencies and their hitmen was built gradually over the years, by
detective work and intelligence. As set out by Mr. Harding in this
book, it arouses a demonic fascination. . . .Mr. Harding ranges
widely, far beyond the Litvinenko case, in A Very Expensive Poison.
. . . Presidents who sup with Vladimir Putin should bring a
very long spoon indeed.” —Daniel Johnson, The Wall Street
Journal
“Harding is a great journalist. . . . His work is precious. . . .
With experience and lucidity, he helps us to understand that we
must be vigilant and always ready to guard the most precious asset
of all, not a gift but a right: freedom.” —Roberto Saviano,
l’Espresso
“Drawing on interviews, original reportage, and a British public
inquiry, Harding reiterates the inquiry’s findings: Litvinenko was
the victim of a political assassination that was indistinguishable
from a gangland hit. . . . Harding suitably conveys the shocking,
violent, and tragic story of a man whose murder has gone
unpunished.” —Publishers Weekly (Starred Review)
"Harding’s exposé, shortlisted for the CWA Nonfiction Dagger Award,
could not be more chilling or timely. . . . A devastating and
disturbing must-read." - Booklist
"A chilling look at the Putin regime's murderous suppression of its
critics. . . . In this fast-paced book, Harding, who was
expelled from the Kremlin while serving as the Guardian's Moscow
bureau chief, covers all the bases while exposing the weakness and
accommodationism of the now-departed British leadership.
Hard-hitting and timely given Russia's continued sway in
international politics as well as its documented influence over an
incoming American administration that is also hostile to the
press." - Kirkus
"Extraordinarily pacy...one of the best political thrillers I have
come across in years." - The Evening Standard
"Harding...tells this ghastly tale with real authority, wit, and
panache. . . . The book is as 'definitive' as it claims." - The
Times
"Impassioned...Harding paints deft portraits of the tragi-comic duo
suspected of carrying out the crime." - The New Statesman
"Gripping." - London Review of Books
"A Very Expensive Poison reads like a John Le Carré spy novel, but
shockingly it's all true. Luke Harding has followed the criminality
of the Putin regime from Russia to the West and his story leaves us
with terrible feelings of dread about what Putin will do
next." - Bill Browder, author of Red Notice
"An expert chronicler of a sensational but opaque
crime...Enthralling." - A. D. Miller, author of Snowdrops
"Harding lays out every fact connecting it in thrillerish detail to
the dark undercurrents of life in today's Russia." - Oliver
Bullough, author of The Last Man in Russia
"Horrific, instructive and, at times, hilarious. He is a masterful
storyteller and an impeccable researcher." - Federico Varese,
Professor of Criminology, University of Oxford
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