Entanglement
By (Author) Zygmunt Miloszewski
Translated by Antonia Lloyd-Jones
Bitter Lemon Press
Bitter Lemon Press
13th May 2010
United Kingdom
General
Fiction
891.8538
Paperback
320
Width 130mm, Height 194mm
The morning after a gruelling group-psychotherapy session in a disused monastery in central Warsaw, Henryk Telak is found dead, a roasting spit stuck in one eye. The case lands on the desk of State Prosecutor Teodor Szacki. World-weary, suffering from bureaucratic exhaustion and marital ennui, Szacki feels that life has passed him by. But this case changes everything.
This is an exquisitely crafted and witty mystery story. Polish literature can boast a real master.A" Jerzy Pilch, author of The Mighty Angel MiAoszewski's tightly plotted crime novel is impressive; contemporary Warsaw is perfectly rendered.A" Przekroj Magazine
Zygmunt MiAoszewski, born in Warsaw in 1975, is a reporter and editor currently working for Newsweek. His first novel, The Intercom, was published in 2005 to high acclaim. In 2006 he published his novel for young readers, The Adder Mountains, and in 2007 the crime novel Entanglement. The author is now working on screenplays based on The Intercom and Entanglement. He is currently also writing a sequel to the latter, also featuring Teodor Szacki .