As Simon Kuper relates so well here, the books and music that denizens of the Communist-bloc era consume now will never resonate quite so much as they did then. A few errant tentacles of MTV-pop reaching over the Wall or a bootleg copy of a John Hughes film weren’t just pleasant distractions, they were a strident reminder of a world [...]
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With the Colour and Context
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