László Imre Horváth: Shorty’s Righthand Man

The criminals were not so naïve. They figured it was only a question of time before the city fell under siege. They were not wearied middle-class scribblers, attorneys or merchants whose prosperity had made them callous. No, they were old-school businessmen through and through. Their instincts, in any event, were working just fine, while it seemed that in everyone around them, these instincts were failing utterly. – Introducing our latest book from the 12.5 New Fiction Catalogue: Shorty's Righthand Man by László Imre Horváth, in Thomas Cooper's translation.