An Immigrant's Love Letter to the West

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An Immigrant's Love Letter to the West
Picture of the front cover of the book, in a red Soviet style, giving the title and author
AuthorKonstantin Kisin
Audio read byKonstantin Kisin
LanguageEnglish
Published14 July 2022
PublisherConstable
Pages210
AwardsSunday Times bestseller
ISBN9781408716045

An Immigrant's Love Letter to the West is a 2022 non-fiction book written by Russian-British comedian and political commentator Konstantin Kisin.[1][2] The book became a Sunday Times bestseller in the first week of its publication.[3]

Premise

The book sets out to discuss themes including free speech and cancel culture through the perspective of an Eastern bloc immigrant.[4] It particularly addresses why the west has a negative view of itself, and why that is self-destructive.[5]

Reception

The Daily Telegraph rated the book 5*,[5] and it has a score of 4.3 (out of 5) on Goodreads.[6]

References

  1. ^ Richardson, Jay (2 November 2021). "Konstantin Kisin to publish debut book". British Comedy Guide.
  2. ^ Burchill, Julie (30 July 2022). "Is self-loathing the British disease?". The Spectator.
  3. ^ Hamilton, Matthew. "'An Immigrant's Love Letter To Love West' by Konstantin Kisin goes into the Sunday Times bestseller list at No 5 | The Hamilton Agency". Retrieved 2022-11-03.
  4. ^ Owolade, Tomiwa (10 July 2022). "An Immigrant's Love Letter to the West by Konstantin Kisin". The Sunday Times.
  5. ^ a b Murray, Douglas (3 July 2022). "Take it from a Russian – the alternative to Western democracy is far, far worse". The Telegraph.
  6. ^ "An Immigrant's Love Letter to the West". Goodreads.