No Live Files Remain

For readers of The Lives of Others and The Reader, and based on a true story, No Live Files Remain is a beautiful and moving novel of family, lies, betrayal and forgiveness.

He wanted to understand the past. Now he must live with the truth.

Thirty years after the fall of communism in Hungary, as acclaimed writer, translator, dramatist and visual artist Andras Forgach investigated his family's past he uncovered a horrifying truth. His mother, whom he deeply loved, had been an informant for the Kadar regime. She had informed not only on acquaintances but on family, friends and even her children.

Mixing historical fact with a fictional re-imagining of his mother's experiences, No Live Files Remain is a unique and compelling narrative of family, lies, betrayal and forgiveness, were Forgach gives voice to his deceased mother, hold her responsible for her deeds yet defends the memories he cherished as a son.

With rights sold across fourteen other countries and a movie optioned by Film 4, this intricate novel is to have great international impact.