Liking Walesa
Tim Sebastian, 15 July 1982
The Book of Lech Walesa
by Lech Badkowski, introduced by Neal Ascherson et al.
Penguin, 203 pp., £8.95, March 1982,0 14 006376 5 Show More
by Lech Badkowski, introduced by Neal Ascherson et al.
Penguin, 203 pp., £8.95, March 1982,
“... the things let through by the Polish censors were no less extraordinary. A number are featured in Kevin Ruane’s book, which pulls together reports from the state-controlled radio and news agencies – little-known fruits of the BBC’s Monitoring Service. How many people remember that the catalyst for the Solidarity revolution was an increase in meat ... ”
