RaveThe Washington PostTakes the reader inside the nuclear bunker under the presidential palace in the first hours of the invasion ... Vividly rendering parts of contemporary Ukrainian history that often get lost amid headlines ... What emerges from The Showman is a portrait of a brave, inspirational and bold leader, with flashes of his humanity and the personality hidden behind the makeup.
Yaroslav Trofimov
RaveThe Washington PostCaptures some of the most gruesome, difficult stories of the war ... Brings expertise in weapons systems, brigades and troop movements, as well as patriotic memes. He also situates the battles of Kharkiv, Kherson and Donbas within the broader shape of the war ... Trofimov’s panorama of a rapidly mobilized country is part war correspondence, part road trip. His front-line dispatches from across pockmarked Ukraine are episodic and dark, with the photographer or security guy doling out occasional punchlines.
