Party Headquarters

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Taking place in the '80s and '90s, during Bulgaria's transition from communist rule to democracy, Party Headquarters is a love story, a parody, and a thriller about a political hoax. The main character visits his father-in-law, an old communist party boss who is dying, and is tasked with delivering a suitcase filled with 1.5 million euros. It's one of Bulgaria's most popular myths: As the communist party fell apart, high ranking officials squirreled away bags and suitcases containing the country's wealth.

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"Black irony, the use of lexicon format, the documentary remindersall this makes Party Headquarters one of the most influential books of recent times."Amelia Licheva, Capital Light

Author Bio

Before penning the Vick Prize-winning novel Party Headquarters, Tenev had already published four books, founded the Triumviratus Art Group, hosted The Library television program about books, and written plays that have been performed in Germany, France, and Russia. Angela Rodel earned an M.A. in linguistics from UCLA and received a Fulbright Fellowship to study and learn Bulgarian. In 2010 she won a PEN Translation Fund Grant for Georgi Tenev's short story collection. She is one of the most prolific translators of Bulgarian literature working today.