Andy McSmith is a senior reporter at The Independent. He is the author of No Such Thing as Society, Faces of Labour, Kenneth Clarke, John Smith, the novel Innocent in the House, and Fear and the Muse Kept Watch. He was educated at Oxford University and lives in London.
"Lovers of Russian literature and music will find Fear and the Muse Kept Watch valuable, and history buffs will get a fearsome picture of life under Stalin."