The Successor
Ismail Kadare
216 pages, Hardcover
ISBN: 1559707739
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Language: English
Publish: 1128495600000
21st CenturyAlbanian LiteratureCrimeFictionHistoricalHistorical FictionLiteratureMysteryNovelsPolitics
A fictionalized political tale based on true-life events and the author’s conversations with the victim’s son follows the events surrounding the death of Mehmet Shehu, a hand-picked successor to hated ailing Albanian dictator Enver Hoxha who succumbs to an unlikely suicide and sparks a government maelstrom.