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In his newest book, Julian Barnes, writer of Talking It Over and A Brief History of the Planet in 10 1/2 Sections, teaches his laser-vivid writing on the fall of Communism in Eastern Europe.Stoyo Petkanov, the deposed Party chief, is positioned on trial for offenses that vary from problem to political homicide. Petkanovis shame -- and the righteousness of his competitors -- appears to be to be self evident. But, as superbly thought by Barnes, the test of the unrepentant and crafty master illuminates the frontier between your myths of the past and a future where everything is available.