ARGONAUT BOOKS

Set in the early 1950s, the story follows Soviet geometer (mathematician) Nikolai Lobachevsky who is a Glav Torf representative aiding Bord na Móna with a land survey. In Ireland on this state visit, he receives a letter from the MGB ordering him back to Leningrad for 'a special appointment'. Immediately suspicious, he goes into hiding on a small island in the Shannon Estuary where he waits in the hope of some day returning safely home. Reviews Uncanny, strange and exquisite, akin to the Mitteleuropean fictions of László Krasznahorkai and Milan KunderaFinancial TimesA master...Read More