I read several things by Solzenitzen way back including the Gulag Archipelago and I found his writing tedious and difficult to follow at times, but the information he was able to put into words made it hard to put down...
However, in later years after he emigrated to the US after basically being considered persona non grata in the USSR, he wrote a bit about how poorly the US was run and continued to criticize just about everything about the US for many years after moving here... I was never quite sure where he stood except I had heard that some of his rantings were due to his advanced age at the time and the fact he felt he was treated poorly by the US during his emigration process and subsequent resettling... But then, wondering how the mind of a guy like Solhenitzen works is sometimes intriguing at any time... he had brass balls , I'll give him that...
Bob
