RaveThe Canberra Times (AUS)It is as strong a condemnation of Stalin\'s murder, insanity, paranoia and paralysing control, on a personal level, as readers might expect to find anywhere. There are also large question marks over the probity, integrity and basic honesty of many of the journalists Philps discusses ... One of the great achievements of The Red Hotel is to flood the reader with the personal details of these women\'s lives ... Readers who know someone contemplating a career in journalism may want to invite that person to read this book. It tells us of a moral vacuum that should shame and depress any who read it.