From the author of the literary sensation For the Relief of Unbearable Urges comes a spectacular debut novel set at the height of Argentinas Dirty War. From its unforgettable opening scene in the darkness of a forgotten cemetery in Buenos Aires, Nathan Englanders debut novel The Ministry of Special Cases casts a powerful spell. In the heart of Argentinas Dirty War, Kaddish Poznan struggles with a son who wont accept him; strives for a wife who forever saves him; and spends his nights protecting the good name of a community that denies his existence. When the nightmare of the disappeared children brings the Poznan family to its knees, they are thrust into the unyielding corridors of the Ministry of Special Cases, a terrifying, byzantine refuge of last resort. Through the devastation of a single family, Englander brilliantly captures the grief of a nation.