Books like The Compromise

A very different read than my usual book. This is a collection of newspaper articles written in Estonia during the late 1970s, each followed by a longer description, often satirical (intended? or otherwise) which provides the true background of the articles. Through this the reader sees a sample of what is happening in the outskirts of the Soviet Union though a few peoples' eyes. We see the futility of many peoples' lives, the disruption of drink, the looseness of truth.I was considering 3.5 as a rating but will bump it to 4. This author was recommended to me by one of my doctors who is also a Russian emigre. (I asked her for recommendations at my last appointment).