Carcass Remover

A bold, formally inventive novel that takes a darkly ironic, unflinching look at the psychological fallout of war, and the burden of histories both personal and collective. It followsa nameless Hungarian man from Vojvodina, in modern Serbia, whose sense of selfdissolves, amid shifting borders, ethnic violence, and a slow erosion of allmeaning.

A veteran of the Yugoslav Wars is hit hard by the fallout. In elegant, liquid prose Danyi conveys a bitter taste of one man''s trauma. Memories collide, expand and direct the main character, while his body is also a battleground - terror lodged deep in his guts: in control of his bodily functions. The man remains nameless, identified by his preoccupation with his ex-girlfriend and his occupations: first petrol smuggler, then ex-soldier turned carcass remover, and finally dogsbody for a dodgy businessman. All the while he is crossing borders between Serbia, Croatia and Hungary, in relentless movement to alleviate his afflictions. A visceral, yet poetic, exploration of the fragility of a man whose psyche is pushed to the limits under the stress of that most human of activities, organized military conflict, The Carcass Remover attempts to find a language to piece together a shattered world.