Darkness at Noon stands as an unequaled fictional portrayal of the nightmare politics of our time. The novel centers around its aging revolutionary protagonist who is imprisoned and psychologically tortured by the very Party to which he has dedicated his life. As the pressure mounts for him to confess preposterous crimes, he finds himself reliving a career filled with the terrible ironies and human betrayals inherent in a totalitarian movement masquerading as an instrument of liberation. The book is almost unbearably vivid in its depiction of one man’s solitary agony, making it a poignant exploration of the dark underpinnings of revolutionary movements. Darkness at Noon asks fundamental questions about ends and means that have relevance not only for historical contexts but also for the perilous present. As declared by the Times Literary Supplement, “A remarkable book, a grimly fascinating interpretation of the logic of the Russian Revolution, indeed of all revolutionary dictatorships, and at the same time a tense and subtly intellectualized drama…” The novel’s publication in April 1984, by Bantam, with an ISBN-13 of 978-0553265958, runs for 224 pages.