"Set in Bucharest in the 1980s. A dark, enigmatic tale in which an eccentric and middle-aged man tries to solve the mystery of his father's death 40 years earlier."
"Tolia, renvoyé de son poste de professeur, est désormais réceptionniste à l'hôtel Tranzit de Bucarest. Traumatisé depuis le suicide de son père, quarante ans plus tôt, il enquête sur une enveloppe noire qui semble être à l'origine du drame. Il découvre l'existence d'une organisation dont les membres sont des modèles de silence, d'obéissance, de respect des règles."
"In Romania, a man sets out to investigate the suspicious death of his father. The novel follows his probe against the background of a society, supposedly free of fear and state control, but in fact still prisoner of its past."
"In Romania, a man sets out to investigate the suspicious death of his father. The novel follows his probe against the background of a society, supposedly free of fear and state control, but in fact still prisoner of its past. By the author of Compulsory Happiness."
"In Romania, a man sets out to investigate the suspicious death of his father. The novel follows his probe against the background of a society, supposedly free of fear and state control, but, in fact, still prisoner of its past."