{"product_id":"2940012987488","title":"They Lie About Me in America: Trotsky Tells Bessie Beatty","description":"Bessie Beatty interviewed Leon Trotsky  in October, 1917. \"There was keen intelligence here, nerve, a certain uncompromising streak of iron, a sense of power; yet I little suspected I was talking to the man whose name within a few brief weeks would be a familiar word on every tongue - the most talked of human being in an age of spectacular figures.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn excerpt from \"They Lie About Me in America\" as published by Hearst International in 1922:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Man Who Never Laughs...\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTrotsky had always been a vague figure in our minds. Then came two things to give us a vivid picture of the second most powerful leader in Russia. First, Nikita Balieff, Russia's foremost comedian, now in New York, told us, \"I ppeared before the Tsar and he laughed. I appeared before Trotsky and I never before worked so hard or tried to be so funny. But I could not make Trotzky laugh. He never laughs.\" Now we have Miss Beatty's interview and we understand why Leon Trotsky seldom laughs, for her story tells — more than anything you have read of the trials and triumphs of the pacifist refugee who today heads the hardest fighting army in the world.","brand":"Leila's Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47079157367024,"sku":"2940012987488","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940012987488_p0.jpg?v=1763575419","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940012987488","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}