PositiveThe New York Times Book ReviewPerhaps because of his publishing deadline, Kaplan gives little space to exploring the significance of Romania’s surprising 2014 election ... but omissions and unevenness come with the territory, as it were, and are compensated for by the rich characters who wander through these pages, particularly the nonagenarian historians and other intellectuals, officials and churchmen who dispense wisdom from book-lined homes, cafes, or chapels old and new.
