International Zone

by Milo Dor, Jerry Glenn

This detective/mystery novel is set in post-war Vienna. The milieu is that of Graham Green's 'The Third Man.' The plot centers around a number of characters, many of them refugees from Eastern Europe, struggling to survive in difficult times. The black market plays a prominent role. Political intrigue is also important as representatives of the Russian and Western occupational forces vie for the allegiance of spies and informants. The relationship between personal motivation (survival and greed) and political allegiances is complex. The geography of Vienna, split between Eastern and Western zones, but also with an 'international zone' is important.

212 pages, Paperback

First published April 1, 1999

About the author

Milo Dor (born as Milutin Doroslovac) was a writer and translator. He described himself as "an Austrian, Viennese, and European of Serbian heritage."

He wrote historical novels dealing with Yugoslavian and European history, essays criticising nationalism in Yugoslavia, crime fiction, news coverages, screenplays and radio dramas, edited documentaries and anthologies and translated Serbo-Croatian literature into German. Authors he translated include Ivo Andrić, Isaak Babel, Bogdan Bogdanović, Stephen Crane, Dušan Kovačević, Miroslav Krleža, Branislav Nušić, Vasko Popa, Georges Simenon, Stanislav Vinaver, and Milovan Vitezović. Beginning in the 1950s, he wrote numerous books in cooperation with Reinhard Federmann.

Dor's best known work is The Raikow Saga, a trilogy consisting of Tote auf Urlaub [Dead men on leave:], Nichts als Erinnerung [Nothing but memories:], and Die weiße Stadt [The white town:].