Life of a Bishop's Assistant Lithuania one of Máirtín Ó Cadhain's

one of Máirtín Ó Cadhain's most Kafkaesque short stories (and one of his longest)

Slotky’s voice is entirely his own and one you’ll not soon forget

this novel tells of a young girl living with her deeply religious grandparents in pre-war Vyborg―before it became part of the Soviet Union

peacetime and wartime that culminate in an ironic ending that will prompt readers to question the characters' values and transformations" - Publisher's Weekly

Vic seems determined to go on

Life of a Bishop's Assistant Lithuania one of Máirtín Ó Cadhain'sLife of a Bishops Assistant is a rewritten biography of the eighteenth century historical figure Gavriil Dobrinin. The son of a priest, he became a bishops assistant before being fortunate enough to rise all the way to the position of gubernia procurator. Shklovsky illuminates Dobrinins obscure story, narrating it with an innovative ingenuity that takes centre stage. Life of a Bishops Assistant is a rewritten biography of the eighteenth century