The I Index

The Showman: Inside the Invasion That Shook the World and Made a Leader of Volodymyr Zelensky

Top of the pile

81

/100

I Index Overall Rating

Readers

71/100

Critics

91/100

Scholars

N/A

Author:

Simon Shuster

Publisher:

William Morrow

Date:

January 23, 2024

Simon Shuster gives us the first inside account of the Russian invasion of Ukraine from the perspective of President Volodymyr Zelensky and his team, who granted him behind the scenes access.

What The Reviewers Say

Bojan Pancevski,
The Wall Street Journal
Shuster paints with great sympathy a complex picture of Mr. Zelensky and his transformation.
Jonathan Guyer,
The Washington Post
Takes the reader inside the nuclear bunker under the presidential palace in the first hours of the invasion.
Chris Vognar,
The San Francisco Chronicle
Authoritative and engaging.
David Kortava,
The New York Times Book Review
Intimate.