THE HOLE IN THE FLAG: A ROMANIAN EXILE'S STORY OF RETURN AND REVOLUTION
(William Morrow and Co., 1991)

The Hole in the Flag is Andrei Codrescu's personal account of the fall of a tyrannical regime, and the exhilaration of a country reborn. He shares the triumph of the workers and citizens on the festive New Year's streets, and reunites with old friends and colleagues that he left behind. With he keen eye of a reporter, Codrescu reveals the hideous secrets of the Ceausescu nightmare that lasted forty five years. Yet the reality of what Romania has in store once the parades have ended is described best from the heart of a poet. The combination of sensibilities creates a startlingly truthful perspective - a personal portrayal of political history.

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