The protagonist develops a "quadratic alphabet" to communicate by (*) tapping on the wall with a man revealed to be Mikhail Bogrov, and he is coerced by his interrogator Gletkin to sign a confession stating that he attempted to assassinate the Party dictator, Number 1.
One character in this novel reminisces about a man who is given a position working on the Belgian docks by the ex-wrestler Paul. That man, Little Loewy, hangs himself when the protagonist demands he remove restrictions preventing the transportation of weapons to Italy. This novel's protagonist is horrified by a man he calls Hare-Lip, who he later learns is the son of Professor Kieffer. The protagonist develops a "quadratic alphabet" to communicate by (*) tapping on the wall with a man revealed to be Mikhail Bogrov, and he is coerced by his interrogator Gletkin to sign a confession stating that he attempted to assassinate the Party dictator, Number 1. For 10 points, name this novel in which former Commissar of the People Nicholas Rubashov is imprisoned in Cell 404, written by Arthur Koestler.
One character in this novel reminisces about a man who is given a position working on the Belgian docks by the ex-wrestler Paul.
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