A combination of Bukowski and Salinger, an amalgam from which flows a troubling epic poem about destiny, loss, agony, love and civil resurrection, "Pongo's death" is an almost unique book in Romanian literature, which explores less frequented environments, which goes deep in the world of the hopeless, marginalized in ghettos on the outskirts of cities, populated by drug addicts, the unemployed, whores, gypsies and convicts.
Grigore Vasiliu, the main hero of the story, Grig, for his former friends, a 49-year-old man with a ruined life and a dying dog, the old man Pongo, finds himself in their midst.
"Pongo's death" is a rare occurrence, an event book, which will leave traces in contemporary Romanian literature and not only.