Utopias Elsewhere: Journeys in a Vanishing World

What is life like in a totalitarian regime? It is a question which has always fascinated Theodore Dalrymple – whose father was a strict if slightly inconsistent Communist.

The Wilder Shores of Marx, an alternative title for this book, sees the writer visit five countries which still labour under systems inspired by the writings of Marx, Engels, Lenin and other luminaries of the left.