The Encyclopedia of the Dead by Danilo Kis. 1991 first thus Penguin edition (c/r 1983). Some wear to bottom of text block, book in very good condition. Nine short stories by the late Serbian writer, including "To Die for One's Country is Glorious" and "The Book of Kings and Fools."

"The curious fact that he died on his first grandson's twelfth birthday did not escape the compiler's attention."