{"product_id":"2026200012474-secondhand-the-naked-god-the-writer-and-the-communist-party","title":"The Naked God: The Writer And The Communist Party","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Fair\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Tanning and foxing\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOne of America's most celebrated novelists sits down to reckon with the most consequential — and damning — chapter of his intellectual life. The Naked God: The Writer and the Communist Party is Howard Fast's unflinching autobiographical account of his years as a devoted member of the American Communist Party, and the shattering disillusionment that ultimately drove him to break with the movement entirely. Written in the immediate aftermath of Khrushchev's 1956 secret speech — which exposed the full horror of Stalin's crimes — Fast chronicles his own ideological journey with brutal honesty, tracing the seductive pull of communist idealism through the dark reality of Soviet totalitarianism.\n\nA work of profound moral courage, this memoir stands as a vital document of Cold War-era intellectual history, illuminating how some of America's brightest minds were drawn into — and later betrayed by — the promises of Marxist-Leninist doctrine. Fast's prose is direct and searingly confessional, presenting not merely a personal reckoning but a broader indictment of ideological conformity and the dangers of subordinating artistic conscience to political dogma. A necessary testament from a man who lived the contradiction, it leaves the reader asking a chilling question: how does a free mind willingly surrender its freedom?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49130968613083,"sku":"2026200012474-SECONDHAND","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/63aa5b16-0dd6-4969-b7ed-d28bafacc4c6.png?v=1786593198","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200012474-secondhand-the-naked-god-the-writer-and-the-communist-party","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}