{"product_id":"the-ransom-of-russian-art","title":"The Ransom of Russian Art","description":"John McPhee's The Ransom of Russian Art is a suspenseful, chilling, and fascinating report on a covert operation like no other. It offers unprecedented insight into Soviet culture at the brink of the Union's collapse.\n\nIn the 1960s and 1970s, an American professor of Soviet economics forayed on his own in the Soviet Union, bought the work of underground \"unofficial\" artists, and brought it out himself or arranged to have it illegally shipped to the United States. Norton Dodge visited the apartments of unofficial artists in at least a dozen geographically scattered cities. By 1977, he had a thousand works of art. His ultimate window of interest involved the years from 1956 to 1986, and through his established contacts he eventually acquired another eight thousand works―by far the largest collection of its kind.\n\nMcPhee investigates Dodge's clandestine activities in the service of dissident Soviet art, his motives for his work, and the fates of several of the artists whose lives he touched.\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 0374524505\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: BVV.0374524505.G\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:McPhee, John\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact  including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Blue Vase Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43397577441341,"sku":"BVV.0374524505.G","price":6.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0589\/4225\/9261\/files\/0374524505-0.jpg?v=1784927479","url":"https:\/\/www.bluevasebooks.com\/products\/the-ransom-of-russian-art","provider":"Blue Vase Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}