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Book Review: Left crying out for more

With Kissin's memoirs, less is less

July 21, 2017 15:52
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Memoirs and Reflections

Evgeny Kissin

Weidenfeld & Nicolson £20

Seven years ago, I prepared to interview Evgeny Kissin. He had written a piece for the JC in which he accused the BBC of “slander and bias” against Israel, broadcasting material he described as “painfully reminiscent of the old Soviet anti-Zionist propaganda”, and it seemed clear to me that he had a lot to say beyond the piano keyboard.