Author(s): Imre Kertesz

Fiction

"A sophisticated and brilliant dissection of nihilistic power". (Times Literary Supplement). Antonio Martens was an interrogator for the secret police of a recently fallen dictatorship. Now imprisoned, he begins to recount his involvement in the assassination of the high-profile Federigo Salinas and his son, Enrique. Preying upon the aimless Enrique, the secret police began by positioning the son as a subversive element, before they turned their attentions to his father. Once the plan was set into motion, any means were justified to reach the regime's chosen end...