Original sentence: After he defected to the West in 1981, he told the Sunday Times that it was a book "about my father, not by him,".Especially noteworthy is Shostakovich's son Maxim's about-face on the accuracy of the book.He is best known for Testimony, which was published in 1979 following his emigration from the Soviet Union in 1976.However, in a BBC television interview with composer Michael Berkeley on 27 September 1986, Maxim admitted, "It's true.It's accurate.... The basis of the book is corrrect.Solomon Volkov (born 1944) is a Russian journalist and musicologist.Testimony prompted a continuing debate over its authenticity and accuracy
Edited sentence: He is best known for Testimony, which he published in 1979 following his emigration from the Soviet Union in 1976.Solomon Volkov (born 1944) is a Russian journalist/musicologist.The book prompted a continuing debate over its authenticity and accuracy.This forces one to ask the question: was Volkov covering his tracks by not permitting the Russian-language version