The latest from Rosie and team, a cultural novel set in 1980s communist Romania.
Dear Comrade Novák by Silvia Hildebrandt
4 stars
Dear Comrade Novak is cultural fiction set in communist Romania during the 1980s.
The story follows the tales of three young people: Attila, a young Hungarian, Tiberius, the son of secret police parents, and Viorica, a gypsy girl. Each lives a very different life, but the 1989 Romanian revolution brings them together.
Attila lives a double life; a homosexual in a country with blinkered views on same sex relationships. He also rises to become a feared criminal interrogator.
Tiberius is groomed to follow his parents into the secret service. He agrees to a political marriage, but his true love has always been for Attila’s sister.
Viorica has always loved Tiberius, but her life follows an arranged marriage to a bully.
The author paints a good picture of the plight of the Romanians under the communist regime. Fear is rife; spies are everywhere…
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