"The novel of the decade, if not of the century."—Christophe Claro Francis Servain Mirkovic, a French-born Croat who has been working for the French Intelligence Services for fifteen years, is traveling by train from Milan to Rome. He's carrying a briefcase whose contents he's selling to a representative from the Vatican; the briefcase contains a wealth of information about the violent history of the Zone—the lands of the Mediterranean basin, Spain, Algeria,...
Enard's first novel in English, Zone, was widely praised, including a full-length review in the New York TimesThis novel has a very contemporary setting, taking place during the Arab Spring and Spain's financial collapseFinalist for the Prix Goncourt and winner of the Prix Goncourt Le choix de l'Orient
