Clean Hands: A Novel SS_Gift_Guide Ruth Ben-Ghiat is the expert

Ruth Ben-Ghiat is the expert on the "strongman" playbook employed by authoritarian demagogues from Mussolini to Putin-enabling her to predict with uncanny accuracy the recent experience in America and Europe

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who struggled to reconcile his faith with politics

Clean Hands: A Novel SS_Gift_Guide Ruth Ben-Ghiat is the expertCorporate lawyer Elizabeth Carlyle is under a lot of pressure. Her prestigious New York law firm is working on the most high stakes case in company history, defending a prominent bank. When Elizabeth gets the news that one of her junior associates has lost his phoneand the secret documents that were on itshe needs help. Badly. Enter ex CIA officer Valencia Walker, a high priced fixer who gets called in when governments, corporations, and plutocrats