Redemption (Ali novel)
Redemption, the first novel by author, historian and former Trotskyist Tariq Ali, is a roman à clef and apostate satire of the inability of Trotskyists to handle the downfall of the Eastern bloc.
In it Ezra Einstein calls a conference whose British sections are 'the Hoods', 'the Rockers' and 'the Burrowers League'. Also invited are the 'Proletarian International Socialist Party of American Workers' and representatives from the 'New Life Journal'. It contains portraits of other well-known figures in the Trotskyist movement including Gerry Healy, Tony Cliff, Ted Grant
, Chris Harman, Paul Foot, Jack Barnes, Michel Pablo and Vanessa Redgrave.
