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Doubles, Paperback / softback Book

Doubles Paperback / softback

Paperback / softback

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DOUBLES brings to light a buried historical event involving Pablo Picasso and Charles Chaplin.

In turmoil as Stalin's death approaches, the Kremlin seeks a propaganda victory.

The invitation to Picasso and Chaplin to visit Moscow is seductive.

The suppressed work of the great artist and the world-renowned film-maker will be presented to the Soviet public for the first time.

Two honey-traps tip the scales. For Picasso a beautiful Russian museum curator, Ola Lepinskaya.

For Chaplin a gifted mimic and 'double',Mosfilm's Nina Bolsharova.

David Caute calls the past into question in this fascinating exploration of how history is written Hilary Mantel has written of Caute's previous novel: 'I think this book is brilliant.

FATIMA'S SCARF is something very rare in English letters: a dazzling political novel.

It is funny and immediate, involving and surprising...' David Caute's recent historical works include ISAAC AND ISAIAH (Yale) and THE DANCER DEFECTS (Oxford).

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