Ukraine’s comedian-turned-president was “visibly nervous” in his early bouts of diplomacy. Now he has an experience of statecraft that no modern Western leader can match, nor would wish to
Save time by listening to our audio articles as you multitaskSo wonders Serhii Rudenko in “Zelensky”, the first book in English about Ukraine’s comedian-turned-president-turned-war leader. Along with such twists of fate, his account highlights the overlap between showbiz and politics, and, above all, the way the emergency of war can clarify people and priorities.
Yet he also had assets, which dipped in value before rising sharply again. “An ordinary person can’t become president in this country,” says his character Holoborodko at the start of “Servant of the People”. He was right: in a cliquish system payrolled by billionaires, the barriers to entry were high. Perhaps only an-list star could have levitated over them . Celebrity leaders carry risks, as America has learned, but on the upside, they can appeal across divides, regional or political.
Billed as a biography, this book is really a jumble of vignettes, often involving factions or grudges that readers may find baffling. Mostly written before the war, it has been hastily updated and translated from Ukrainian. That, though, is its main service: to measure the gulf between before and now.
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