Unite!

In the back-street alleys of the old city of Palma, in the vaulted gateways and in the secret inner courtyards, in the jeweller’s shops of the Jewish quartier and in the vapour of the Arabic baths, in the obscurity of the Ukrainian church and in the chapels of the confraternities, in the Basque hash-houses and in the sailor’s inns some strange, dim conspiration is weaving its strings, invisibly to the outsider, just like in Ajvaz’s Prague. Only some casual signs here and there hint to this grandiose conspiracy whose threads, as Wang Wei has just discovered it, run from Catalonia to Transylvania. And his discovery also interprets and reinforces the one we have recently done just some corners farther on.


You certainly remember the Hungarian Two-Tailed Dog Party. They participated in the parlamentary elections of 2006 with that simple and unbeatable program: “Eternal life. Free beer. Tax abatements.” Of course they have won the elections in the proportion of 98%, but the lobby of pathological anatomists, funeral directors, beer producers and tax consultants have canceled the results through an electorial fraud.

So sweet, he certainly will not want to steal. – Two-Tailed Dog for President!
Leaning back. Looking deep in my eyes. Voting for us.
Eternal life. Free beer. Tax abatements.

However, the Hungarian Two-Tailed Dog Party does not give it up. They are preparing for the next elections in a wide international collaboration. It is attested by this secret sign for the initiates that we have discovered in Palma de Mallorca, while walking up on the Carrer Pietat. It can be seen on the sign-board of the Perfil Bar which appears to be closed, but the sign itself demonstrates that appearances are deceptive: the uninhabited building is obviously the lodge of the party’s local cell.

Comrade.

However, the threads of the conspiracy reach far not only in space, but also in time. We do not want to give the show away prematurely, but let me just say this: when we will publish it, Dan Brown will get sick with envy.

Prague, Old Jewish cemetery. Tomb of Handel Bassevi