Albania’s Tito-built Communist Party, still loyal to Stalin, summoned its leaders to a crisis conclave this week. As 360 delegates converged on Tirana (pop. 30,800), it looked very much as if Party ...

“Any resemblance between the characters and circumstances of this tale and real people and events is inevitable.” So states Ismail Kadare in his disclaimer for “The Successor” (Arcade, 207 pages, $24) ...