The Hole in the Flag: A Romanian Exile's Story of Return and Revolution

About this book

In December 1989 the Romanians overthrew their dictator Nicolae Ceausescu. Andrei Codrescu returned to his homeland to see friends and get the real story. Revolution as human interest story and then as mystery. Exposes role of Soviet KGB in overthrow of Ceausescu regime and exposes new regime as neo-Communist."Suddenly there under the cold moon there it was the Romanian flag with the socialist emblem cut right out of the middle. Its through that hole that I am returning to my birthplace." These were Andre Codrescus words as he began a journey of discovery.