Publisher's Synopsis
The Cage is an extraordinary tale of mystery and suspense by one of Latvia's leading novelists. One day Edmunds Berz, a successful married architect, disappears without trace while driving home to Riga from his parents' farm. No one knows whether he has eloped with an old flame, or fallen foul of Communist bureaucracy. Even his car has disappeared. Police investigations are initiated but soon reach an impasse with no evidence of his whereabouts, alive or dead, while the lead investigator finds himself exploring parallels between their lives, musing that their fates may be interchangeable. The narrative propels the reader to an eerie, claustrophobic, and uncertain climax-which readers have interpreted as an allegory of Soviet oppression. Part of the new-look Peter Owen Modern Classics range featuring a logo crafted by graphic design icon Alvin Lustig.
