I've just finished The Last Station by Jay Parini. It tells the life of Tolstoy's last days, how his family is at odds with the Tolstonian followers and how everyone around him is suspicious of everyone else. I read it because there's a film coming out later this year with James McAvoy and Helen Mirren, but I hope the film isn't as depressing as the book. Although it's fiction it's based on the actually diaries of his family and followers and it's really sad to think that such a great writer lived his last years trapped in a power struggle.
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