Oh wow! I didn't know quite what to expect from McClelland and Stewart's 2007 release King of Russia: a Year in the Russian Super League . Let's just say I'm so impressed by this book that I'm almost overwhelmed. King of Russia is about Canadian hockey coaching legend Dave King's journey to the Ural Mountains to become the first Canadian coach in Russia. The book is based on King's daily diary, typically meticulous and refreshingly open, and polished up beautifully by The Globe & Mail's ace hockey reporter Eric Duhatschek . I personally consider Duhatschek to be the best hockey journalist out there for quite some time. Not only is he incredibly connected, thorough and respected, but he's got an easy to read and captivating writing style. So I guess I shouldn't have been so surprised how easily I was drawn into the text. But I was very pleasantly surprised just how compelling and fascinating the text is. One biography or well written ...