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Extraconjugal

“Extramarital” (title translated by AI)

Mihai Radu

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When Robert goes back to his home town to spend Easter with his parents, his sister Camelia tells him that tests show their mother has a sexually transmitted disease: either she or their father, or both, must be having an affair. The two start an investigation to find out which parent is “guilty”. Along the way Robert meets again Lone, an old drunk who left his mark on his childhood, and Oana, his first love, back from working in Italy, and above all his own past. Betrayal, it turns out, has a long tradition in this family, from first loves to the lives of uncles, aunts and grandparents.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

256 pages in the original

Genres

Family, Crime (assigned by AI)

Set in

Romania

First published

2017 by Polirom

ISBN

9789734668229 (original)