Svetislav Basara is a major figure of contemporary Serbian
literature and the author of over two dozen novels and short story
collections. In 2006 he receive the NIN Award, and served as the
Serbian Ambassador to Cyprus from 2001 to 2005.
Randall A. Major teaches in the English Department at the
University of Novi Sad, and is one of the editors and translators
of the Serbian Prose in Translation series produced by Geopoetika
Publishing in Belgrade.
"The Cyclist Conspiracy is a defiantly unique and adventurous
creation whose roots cannot be so easily traced."Numéro Cinq
"Filled with mind-bending philosophical, psychological, and
conspiracy theories, Basara manages to weave a tale that both
confounds and delights."Foreward
"At once a rich philosophical tome and vision-altering spoof of the
same, this 'meta-goulash' will interest readers of Jorge Luis
Borges's Labyrinths and Flann O'Brien's The Third
Policeman."Publishers Weekly
"The Cyclist Conspiracy, Svetislav Basara's second novel to be
translated into English (expertly by Randall A. Major), is a
dizzying, vertiginous ride in which the real is constantly at
loggerheads with the unreal."World Literature Today
"It's like The Da Vinci Code's older, more perspicacious
sibling."The Barnes and Noble Review
"Such a slippery cult makes for a slippery account, but then that's
much of the fun of The Cyclist Conspiracy. From involvement in the
World War I-starting assassination of Franz Ferdinand to Stalinist
connections as well as activity much farther afield (as in Indian
Dharamsala), and including everything from letters from and about
members to some of their more theoretical writing (on 'The Madness
of Architecture', for example) Basara spins a nice shadowy, loony,
centuries-spanning conspiracy."The Complete Review
"The Cyclist Conspiracy is a largely enjoyable, stimulating and
thought provoking read. The Cyclist Conspiracy is more than the
usual conspiracy thriller and it is well worth any effort that is
required. Svetislav Basara definitely keeps you on your toes."Wild
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