Ex-Soviet is fiery penitent full of tales.(SATURDAY)(THE MAG TRADE)

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Byline: Cynthia Grenier, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES Lively material is abundant in magazines this holiday season, but one article I feel merits attention above all is David Pryce-Jones' "God's Commie " in the Dec. 23 National Review. Inspired by Yale University Press' publication of "A Century of Violence in Soviet Russia" by Alexander Yakovlev, Mr.

Pryce-Jones tells principally about Mr. Yakovlev himself, who rose to the Politburo during the high old days of the Soviet Union. Mr. Yakovlev was a believing communist for many years, but now he is driven as only a man can be who let himself be duped and feels he must publish the truth to redeem for himself some measure of self-respect. At age 79, he is still clearly charged with fiery passion. He has...