Karol Lagodzki: CONTROLLED CONVERSATIONS on the Ivy Patio

Karol Lagodzki's debut novel Controlled Conversations is both a page-turner and a work that raises high-stakes moral quandry. Set in1982 Soviet-controlled Poland-a time and place of suspicion and mistrust, the novel follows Emilia, who must decide if she's willing to risk Pr*son or worse for self-respect and for her unexpected love.
As the only daughter of a local Communist Party apparatchik, Emilia has enjoyed a sheltered life, but with the advent of martial law, her mother's influence can no longer shield her. She faces choices she never expected to make when she discovers her best friend's and lover's involvement with the resistance. With new allies and enemies in town, the time to choose a side is now.
We look forward to hosting the author for an evening of conversation and book signing!

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Karol Lagodzki left Poland at twenty. His non-writing careers have ranged from fixing stucco while dangling from roofs in Paris to sorting through human cadaver heads in Jacksonville. His stories have appeared or are forthcoming in Invisible City, Storm Cellar, Panel Magazine, NUNUM, Streetlight Magazine, and elsewhere. One of Karol’s stories won the 2020 Ruritania Prize for Short Fiction, and he has been nominated for the Pushcart and the Best of the Net anthologies. His novel Controlled Conversations was longlisted for the 2022 Dzanc Books Prize in Fiction and is available from Sunbury Press as of August 20, 2024. He holds an MFA in fiction and gives back by serving as a reader for literary journals. Karol lives halfway down an Indiana ravine with his family and a large dog.

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