The novel addresses the emblematic events of the 1980s and the 1990s – the Chernobyl disaster, the anticommunist protests, the arson attack over the Communist Party Headquarters in Sofia.
[…] We fellow writers prefer keeping silence about Chernobyl, the fire in the Party Headquarters, the Pioneer camps; at best we turn our stories into exportable pamphlets.
Tenev has managed to break open forbidden locks.” (Marin Bodakov Culture [2]) “Black irony, the use of lexicon format, the documentary reminders – all this makes Party Headquarters one of the most influential books of the recent times.
Reading this novel prevents us from cancelling the memories and from betraying our desire for freedom.” (Amelia Licheva Capital Light) “Party Headquarters interprets a deeply personal story where the private, the intimate, is publicly exposed.
The success of Party Headquarters is most probably due to the peculiar topics and to the clear and easy to apprehend language of the writer.” (Maria Popova Politics) [3]