The Door Slammed in Ladispoli

The Door Slammed in Ladispoli tells about a dramatic but practically unknown events related to the Soviet immigration to America. The author describes how the political situation in the USSR led to hundreds of thousands of people running from the country, mainly to the USA. In 1988, the U.S. Government unexpectedly changing its immigration policy refused entry visas to thousands of Soviet refugees. The author participating in and witnessing those events, narrates about people's drama, their fight for fairness, and about numerous extreme situations, when humans' best and worst qualities become apparent. This book seemingly is the only account about the events that took place in the Italian refugee town Ladispoli.