Author: Viktor Horváth
Original title: A Júdás terv
Title in English: The Judas Plan
Year of publication: 2024
Publisher: Kalligram
Number of pages: 280
The survival of humanity is a utopia – and our own chances are no different. This is what the hero of The Judas Plan says when he bequeaths his absolute power to his successor. But absolute power? Where do we live – in the Middle Ages? Or are we really in some sort of utopia? Yes, there we are, and it’s better than a dystopia.
Viktor Horváth’s new novel sails from the hopeless public life of our times towards a sympathetic Hungary – religious life, kidnapping, captivity, a secret plan, prison and luxury, initiation, self-sacrifice, conspiracy, addiction, love (?). If, during the adventure, we come face to face with our hidden selves, let us not be frightened by it; it will merely be the fairy of the tale – so let us follow the plan in everything.
The journey is dangerous; success is uncertain.
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