Conspirators

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Galicia, Austria-Hungary, 1913. In the castle of a frontier town, on the border between Europe and the East, the worldly, corrupt Count-Governor Wiladowski watches helplessly while a wave of assassinations sweeps the Empire. When a member of his own family is murdered, the Count gives broad police powers to his spymaster, Jacob Tausk, a brilliant young Jew whose ruthless war on terror extends into every corner of the province and beyond.



Michael Andre Bernstein's compelling first novel evokes a densely believeable world on the edge of collapse, full of haunting suggestiveness of a fable or a nightmare and the erotic, mystical and apocalyptic passions of the age.

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"'Remarkable... [an] extraordinarily evocative novel.' Times Literary Supplement 'Thought-provoking, rich and memorable.' Time Out 'Bernstein... has access to everyone's thoughts and switches from one to the other convincingly.' The Times"

Author Bio

Michael Andre Bernstein was raised and educated in Europe, Canada and the United States. He is a frequent contributor to the Times Literary Supplement, the Los Angeles Times Book Review and The New Republic.