Kaddish Poznan chips the names off gravestones for a living, removing traces of disreputable ancestors for their more respectable kin. His wife Lillian works in insurance, earning money when people live longer than they fear. Set in a tumultuous Buenos Aires on the cusp of a military coup, the couple's own turbulent relationship is held together by their role as parents dedicated to a teenage son. As Argentina's Dirty War unfolds around them, it threatens to overwhelm the infectious, mad energy of their lives. A visit to the dreaded Ministry of Special Cases soon turns their at times hilarious misadventures into something much darker.
- ISBN10 0375404937
- ISBN13 9780375404931
- Publish Date 24 April 2007
- Publish Status Remaindered
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Knopf Publishing Group
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 339
- Language English