Some Unfinished Business

“They say that history is written by the victor, but in this vivid and deeply empathetic novel, it is instead told by Martin, a one-time farmboy thrust into the dangerzone of the resistance as he searches for meaning and survival in difficult times. Antanas Sileika braids Martin’s remarkable story through the turbulent, ever-changing history of mid-20th century Lithuania as he confronts who he is, what he values and who he hopes to be. Some Unfinished Business is a powerful, moving, and page-turning examination of loyalty, betrayal, retribution and ultimately, love, written by an acclaimed author at the height of his powers.”

Gary Barwin, Governor General’s- and Giller-shortlisted author of Yiddish for Pirates and Nothing the Same, Everything Haunted

“Antanas Sileika is such an intelligent and compassionate writer. His latest novel Some Unfinished Business, evokes post World War II Lithuania, the land of lingering ghosts where the past poisons the future. A gripping story of shattering betrayals and fragile hope.”

Eva Stachniak, author of The School of Mirrors

“Set in the relentless, menacing atmosphere of a Soviet Socialist Republic, Antanas Sileika’s novel grabs you by the arm and never lets go until the last moment. The story of the two men at the heart of this tale is profoundly human and universal as are betrayal and survival.”

Anna Porter, author of The Ghosts of Europe: Journeys through Central Europe’s Troubled Past and Uncertain Future; Kasztner’s Train: The True Story of Rezso Kasztner, Unknown Hero of the Holocaust; and The Storyteller: A Mem