ST. PETERSBURG: Madness, Murder, and Art on the Banks of the Neva

This city in its successive incarnations--St. Petersburg, Petrograd, Leningrad and once again St. Petersburg--has been a place of perpetual contradiction. So much of Russia's unique glory was created here, its literature, music, dance and for a time its political vision. The author creates an unforgettable portrait of a city and its people. Photos, some in color.