The Showman

"Takes the reader inside the nuclear bunker under the presidential palace in the first hours of the invasion ..."

"While Shuster's admiration for his subject is palpable, he never tips over into hagiography."

"Shuster's book does justice to a complex man, who is fighting our fight as well as his own."

"This is a crisp snapshot of a national leader under fire."

"The Showman has plenty of both, but always in the service of a tight narrative that deftly toggles from past to present and back again."

"Shuster avoids canonising St Volodymyr of Kyiv."

"Shuster's account will be hard to beat for its closeness to Zelenskiy during this momentous time for Ukraine and Europe."

"Shuster is an honest and frank biographer, thoroughly equipped for the job ..."

"An important work as one of the first fully researched, book-length chronicles of the ongoing war in Ukraine."

"Shuster crafted a longer book than he otherwise might have."