Attack in the Library (Profusion Crime) - Softcover

Arion, George

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0956867618 ISBN 13: 9780956867612

Publisher: Profusion International Creative Consultancy

Synopsis

GEORGE ARION's Attack in the Library (Atac in biblioteca) is one of the classic narratives of Romanian popular fiction. Written during the dictatorship of the 1980s, it weaves a gripping narrative out of the bars, the housing estates and restaurants of Bucharest. Arion's characters queue for food, cope with power blackouts, sweat in the heat and struggle with the privileges and influence of the elites. (Mike Phillips) Andrei Mladin, living Romanian journalist! Still living, I should say. I pulled out the imposing volume and began leafing through it sceptically. Exactly in the chapter indicated by the voice, there were fifty 100-lei banknotes. I felt the embrace of sheer panic. Right then the telephone rang again: 'Mladin! Have you found the money?' All I heard after that was the sound of the phone hanging up.

About this title

About the Author

GEORGE ARION was born in 1946, in Tecuci, Romania. He started his career as a novelist in 1983 with Attack in the Library, hailed as a benchmark in Romanian crime fiction, introducing Andrei Mladin, a detective in spite of himself. The doyen of Romanian crime fiction writers, Attack in the Library is George Arion's first novel translated into English.

Review

"I loved this book. Dry, snappy, absurdist wit... self-deprecating, fast-talking hero... the colossal, surreal stupidity of totalitarianism." - Patrick McGuinness, author - The Last Hundred Days - Man Booker Prize Longlist "...ground-breaking fusion of crime writing with satire and social critique. Arion found the perfect vehicle to confront and express the dark, paranoid days of the Ceausescus' Romania." John McLeod, Professor of Postcolonial and Diaspora Literatures, Leeds "...a great deal of fun and amusement is to be had in this sometimes surreal account of totalitarianism." Julian Cole, The Press (York), January 2012

Edition details

• Publisher: Profusion International Creative Consultancy
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0956867618
• ISBN 13: 9780956867612
• Binding: Paperback