<p>A dark, enigmatic, and visceral examination of the psychology of repression, <em>Vilnius Poker</em> dives into the minds of four narrators whose contradictory memories challenge the very idea of truth. In this masterpiece written &ldquo;for the drawer,&rdquo; Vilnius itself becomes a presence possessing a will, a consciousness and, worse, an intent. First published in 1989 when Lithuania was on the verge of breaking away from the Soviet Union, this book raised a firestorm for its brutality, frank sex, and its destruction of the myths of Lithuanian history.</p>