Vor zwanzig Jahren wurde Maximus Batten Zeuge der brutalen Ermordung seiner Eltern. Als autokratischer Herzog von Wakefield verbringt er seine Tage damit, sich im Parlament mit Politik zu befassen, aber nachts verkleidet er sich als Geist von St. Giles wa
CONVICTED MAN Apollo Greaves, Viscount Kilbourne, unjustly accused of murder and rendered mute after being beaten almost to death, escaped from the notorious Bedlam.
A Serbian writer known for his satirical novels, Andrić's Ladder of Horrors dissects the Balkan mentality through a parable of Yugo-nostalgia and national myths. The title alludes to Ivo Andrić as a litmus test for criticism – Balkans claim him or reject
The novel "Usta puna zemlje" (1970), the masterpiece of the Serbian writer Branimir Šćepanović, is a psychologically in-depth explorer of the limits of the human soul, solitude and existential freedom, reminiscent of Kafka and Camus.
Branislav Glumac published a novel without periods or commas in 1974, as the relentless stream of thought of a young rebel. Published in socialist Yugoslavia, the work caused a scandal with its openness and became a classic about generational rebellion.