Going from Princess Diana, a lovely icon who generated waves of sympathy, to Vladimir Putin, an icy villain who generates waves of disdain, might be difficult for some writers.
Not Peter Morgan.
After pulling back the curtain on the British royal family for six seasons of “The Crown,” Morgan was keen to move on.
Morgan enjoys writing about the vilified, giving them a fighting chance.
In “Patriots,” he creates a jigsaw of four Russian men, their fates intertwining in the post-Soviet era, who represent a Byzantine spectrum of moral values.
Persons:
Princess Diana, Vladimir Putin, Peter Morgan, ” Morgan, Putin, Frankenstein, Morgan, ”
Organizations:
“ Patriots