Download or read book Who Paid the Piper? written by Frances Stonor Saunders and published by Granta Books. This book was released on 2000 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the Cold War, writers and artists were faced with a huge challenge. In the Soviet world, they were expected to turn out works that glorified militancy, struggle and relentless optimism. In the West, freedom of expression was vaunted as liberal democracy's most cherished possession. But such freedom could carry a cost.