The Maimed
"The Maimed" takes us to a bizarre interwar Prague populated by petty bureaucrats who are all unraveling inside.  --The Prague PostDavid Lynch and Patrick McCabe fans will fall right into this marvelously dark and psychotically twisted tale. --The New PagesThe Maimed is a great work. Subtly written, well-constructed. Kudos to Kevin Blahut for an excellent translation. --Christopher LordThis is an absolutely riveting tale ...The translation by Kevin Blahut is fine. The design of the book is ... gorgeous. --Ralph MagazineUngar’s "The Maimed" captures the suffocatingly claustrophobic life of Franz Polzer, a life haunted by lies, deceit, brutality, blackmail ... --Education Digest[A] superlative introduction to an author whose small oeuvre’s long absence from translation seems unforgivable. --Hyde Park Review of Books[O]ne of the most provocative novels I have ever read. --Thomas Mcgonigle, Los Angeles Times, June 9, 2002a sexual hell, full of filth, crime and the deepest melancholy, but nevertheless the digression of an inwardly pure artistry. --Thomas Manngreat and terrible, alluring and repulsive ... unforgettable, although one would like to ... flee the evil sense of oppression it creates. --Stefan Zweig