Toronto’s literati gathered on Thursday to celebrate the launch of Antanas Sileika’s third novel, Underground (Thomas Allen Publishers), a love story set against the backdrop of the Lithuanian resistance following the Second World War. (Photos courtesy of Thomas Allen Publishers)

Sileika (left) is introduced by his publisher, Patrick Crean

Sileika signs a copy of Underground for an admirer

The scene at Ben McNally Books

Crean and Sileika