books.google.com.au - For this authoritative post-cold-war biography of Shostakovich's illustrious but turbulent career under Soviet rule, Laurel E. Fay has gone back to primary documents: Shostakovich's many letters, concert programs and reviews, newspaper articles, and diaries of his contemporaries. An indefatigable worker,...http://books.google.com.au/books/about/Shostakovich_A_Life.html?id=UbBAFDCmeEQC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareShostakovich : A Life
