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# Libraries in public spaces offer surprising finds, such as this rarity: a book by Oleg Sokolov, the infamous killer professor
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/biblioteki-pri-obshchestvennykh-prostranstvakh-udivliaiut-nakhodkami-vrode-etogo-rariteta-knigi-olega-sokolova-pechalno-izvestnogo-professora-ubivtsa/
- Published: 2025-08-15T17:30:06.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-01T05:29:06.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Books, Observations, Society, People

The attitude to the creative work and writings of people with such a dark biography is, in truth, a thorny ethical question. When it came to Roman Polanski, his films, at least for me, were not something one wished to unsee, but Sokolov's book I would not pick up, of course. And you?