num_pages: 216
description: A fictionalized political tale based on true-life events and the author's conversations with the victim's son follows the events surrounding the death of Mehmet Shehu, a hand-picked successor to hated ailing Albanian dictator Enver Hoxha who succumbs to an unlikely suicide and sparks a government maelstrom.
language: English
title: The Successor
titlecomplete: The Successor
genres: Politics, Historical Fiction, 21st Century, Novels, Crime, Literature, Albanian Literature, Mystery, Fiction, Contemporary
ratings_count: 1158
places: Albania
series: Diptych
awards: awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Independent Foreign Fiction Prize
category: Longlist
publisher: Arcade Publishing