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https://i2.wp.com/theblurb.com.au/wp/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Collaborators-03.jpg?fit=940%2C600&ssl=1940600Apparently, Joseph Stalin was an enthusiastic reader and loved the theatre. Of course, he was also acutely paranoid and one of the most evil dictators in history. In Collaborators, writer John Hodge portrays an almost-likable Stalin (or ‘JS’ as he was affectionately known by the secret police) as a contrast to the monster he is...