'''Redemption''', the first novel by
author,
historian and former
Trotskyist Tariq Ali, is an
apostate satire of the inability of
Trotskyists to handle the downfall of the
Eastern bloc. It contains parodies of many well-known figures in the Trotskyist movement including
Gerry Healy,
Tony Cliff (Jim Rock),
Chris Harman (Nutty Shardman),
Ted Grant,
Alex Callinicos (Alex Mango) and
Vanessa Redgrave.
References
''Redemption'' (Chatto and Windus, 1990) ISBN 0-7011-3394-5