| Edition |
1st American ed. |
| Description |
112 p. ; 20 cm. |
| Note |
Originally published as Detektivtortenet, Magvet~o, Budapest in 1977. |
| Summary |
The imprisoned former torturer for a defunct South American dictatorship recounts his involvement in the surveillance, torture, and assassination of a prominent man and his son whose principled but passive opposition to the regime left them vulnerable to the secret police. |
| Awards |
Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. |
| Subject |
Torturers -- Fiction.
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Political crimes and offenses -- Fiction.
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Murder -- Fiction.
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| Added Author |
Wilkinson, Tim.
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| ISBN |
0307266443 |
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9780307266446 |
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