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“Deliciously wicked … readers will also find plenty to enjoy (one sequence of unwitting cannibalism is particularly memorable).”—<i>Publishers Weekly</i> "Fast-moving and witty in style and tone, this novel is one not soon forgotten."—<i>World Literature Today</i> "There's considerable charm to Bursa's clever variation on the story of youth seeking purpose ... A nicely off-beat little novel."—<i>The Complete Review</i> "The Polish postwar firebrand Andrzej Bursa acquired a reputation as a quick-burning, existentially tormented rebel. . . . Yet Bursa's dark humor and deadpan satire . . . keep utter bleakness at bay."—<i>The Independent</i> "A revolution against the banality of everyday life."—<i>Gazeta Krakowska</i> A young university student named Jurek, with no particular ambitions or talents, is adrift. After his doting aunt asks him to perform a small chore, he decides to kill her for no good reason other than, perhaps, boredom. <i>Killing Auntie</i> follows Jurek as he seeks to dispose of the corpse—a task more difficult than one might imagine—and then falls in love with a girl he meets on a train. Can he tell her what he's done? Will that ruin everything? "I'm convinced—simply—that we are all guilty," says Jurek, and his adventures with nosy neighbors, false-toothed grandmothers, and love-making lynxes shed light on how an entire society becomes involved in the murder and disposal of dear old Auntie. This is a short comedic masterpiece combining elements of Fyodor Dostoevsky, Jean-Paul Sartre, Franz Kafka, and Joseph Heller, coming together in the end to produce an unforgettable tale of murder and—just maybe—redemption. <b>Andrzej Bursa</b> was born in 1934 in Krakow, Poland, and died twenty-five years later. In his brief lifetime he composed some of the most original Polish writing of the twentieth century. <i>Killing Auntie</i> is his only novel. His brilliant career and tragic early death established him as a cult figure among restless and disenchanted youth.