The Ministry of Special Cases (Vintage International)
by By Englander, Nathan
Category: Fiction , Literary

From its unforgettable opening scene in the darkness of a forgotten cemetery in Buenos  Aires, the debut novel from the Pulitzer-nominated, bestselling author of For the Relief of Unbearable Urges casts a powerful  spell. In the heart of Argentina's Dirty War, Kaddish Poznan struggles with a son  who won't accept him; strives for a wife who forever saves him; and spends his nights  protecting the good name of a community that denies his existence. When the nightmare  of the disappeared children brings the Poznan family to its knees, they are thrust  into the unyielding corridors of the Ministry of Special Cases, a terrifying, byzantine  refuge of last resort. Through the devastation of a single family, Englander brilliantly  captures the grief of a nation.