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Eastern Europe 1956 Comrade Inspector Ferenc Kolyeszar who is a proletariatwriter in addition to his job as a state militia homicide detective is a manon the brink. Estranged from his wife whom he believes is cheating on him withone of his colleagues and frustrated by writers block Ferencs attention isfocused on his job. But his job is growing increasingly political somethingthat makes him profoundly uncomfortable.When Ferenc is asked to look into the disappearance of a party members wifeand learns some unsavory facts about their lives the absurdity of his positionas an employee of the state is suddenly exposed. At the same time he and hisfellow militia officers are pressed into service policing a populardemonstration in the capital one that Ferenc might rather be participating in.These two situations coupled with an investigation into the murder of apainter that leads them to a man recently released from the camps bringsFerenc closer to danger than ever beforefrom himself from his superiors fromthe capitals shadowy criminal element.The Confession is a fantastic followup to Olen Steinhauers brilliant debutThe Bridge of Sighs and it guarantees to advance this talented writer on hisway to being one of the premiere thriller writers of a generation. «
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