I think it's important people don't forget the horrors of communism. They are always brushed over casually in the West right now. There was a mention of this book in The Gulag Archipelago. It's horrible what happened to these people. The author casually mentions so many people getting shot and executed you become desensitized to it towards the end. (Amazon)
Morley Charles Roberts (29 December 1857 – 8 June 1942) was an English novelist and short story writer, best known for The Private Life of Henry Maitland.