The Dissident written by Paul Goldberg is a fascinating historical fiction novel taking place in Russia in 1976. I didn’t realize there were still Jews living in Russia. Goldberg uses the narrator as a character which can be distracting. He also uses the word prostate often. Amazing that they used Klezmer music for a production of The Cherry Orchard. The two main characters, Viktor and Oksana are married but it’s an odd relationship. Not much chemistry. They both are political so I suppose that’s more important than love.