Patriot: A Memoir is a posthumous non-fiction book authored by Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny and published by Alfred A. Knopf in October 2024.
[1] The first portion of the book is in narrative form about his life and career, while the second portion is in the form of a prison memoir - some of it describing the boredom, isolation, and suffering living in such a prison, but also including reflections on a variety of topics, "from 19th century French literature to Billie Eilish".
[1] Patriot was published on October 22, 2024 by Knopf in the United States[1] and by Bodley Head (an imprint of Penguin in the UK.
[7] Writing for The Guardian, Luke Harding praised the book as a "luminous account of Navalny’s life and dark times" and "a challenge from beyond the grave to Russia’s murder-addicted rulers".
[3] Mikhail Zygar of Vanity Fair highlighted the difference in tone throughout the book, calling the first part light and humorous, while writing the prison diary was "horrifying, but impossible to stop reading".