The Two Executioners
The two unnamed men arrive on the eve of Josef’s thirty-first birthday wearing formal black clothes.
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Spoiler-freeThe two unnamed men arrive on the eve of Josef’s thirty-first birthday wearing formal black clothes. They escort him to the quarry, expect him to participate in the execution, and finally stab him. They act without visible emotion or explanation. The novel gives no information about them after Josef’s death.
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