The successor : a novel

Albanian writer Ismail Kadare has written a mystery novel and political polemic. Intrigue swirls around the mystery death of an appointed successor to a brutal dictator. Who killed him and why? The existing dictator is near death, but does not want to be replaced. Based on the real Albanian leader, Enver Hoxha, who ruled by means of fear, rumor and threat, Kadare has created a darkly satiric story about state power run amok.