There were conjugal visits in the slave camps of the USSR. Valiant women would travel continental distances, over weeks and months, in the hope of spending a night, with their particular enemy of the people, in the House of Meetings. The consequences of these liaisons were almost invariably tragic… In den sibirischen Straflagern der Stalin-Ära gab es Häuser, in denen die "Feinde des Volkes" sich für eine Nacht mit einer Frau treffen durften, wenn diese die ungeheuren Strapazen der langen Reise dorthin auf sich nahm. Doch zwei Brüder, beide im Lager, lieben dieselbe Frau... Bound to be a major literary event, this new novel is both vital and provoking. Martin Amis at the height of his powers!