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The Successor

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ABOUT
THE BOOK

A powerful political novel based on the sudden, mysterious death of the man who had been handpicked to succeed the hated Albanian dictator Enver Hoxha.
Did he commit suicide or was he murdered? That is the burning question. The man who died by his own hand, or another’s, was Mehmet Shehu, the presumed heir to the ailing dictator, Enver Hoxha. So sure was the world that he was next in line, he was known as The Successor. And then, shortly before he was to assume power, he was found dead.

ABOUT
THE AUTHOR Ismail
Kadare

ABOUT
THE TRANSLATOR David
Bellos

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Country
Albania
Original Language
Albanian
Author
Publisher
Arcade Publishing
Translator
David Bellos

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