num_pages: 207
description: The Designated Successor was found dead in his bedroom at dawn on December 14. Did he kill himself or was he murdered? This question slices through Ismail Kadare's psychological thriller. As the state insists that the future leader died by his own hand, the rest of the world begins to have doubts.
language: English
title: The Successor
titlecomplete: The Successor
genres: Fiction, Politics, Mystery, Literature, Novels, Contemporary, 21st Century, Historical Fiction, Crime, Albanian Literature
ratings_count: 1160
places: Albania
series: Diptych
awards: awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Independent Foreign Fiction Prize
category: Longlist
publisher: Canongate Books