by Jörg Juretzka Andreas Ammer recommended Jörg Juretzka in the famous Krimikolumne on Deutschlandradio. The first time I heard of him, and it was this book in the series of…
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by Mike Nicol The first of the three detective novels I read during my holidays in Laos. Pure coincidence. In this novel I was interested in the after apartheid life…
by Wolfgang Herrndorf This is book is highly regarded anywhere. And rightly so. The story is actually not so important, it sounds rather dull if you recount it. But the…
by Gary Shteyngart Gary Steyngart was recommended various times on the radio book show “Büchermarkt” (Deutschlandradio). His biography and the style of humor caused my interest/ Since “Little Failure” (the…
by Julia Franck Here is a review and summary from the blog Dialog International:“Stettin, 1945. In a bombed-out apartment, an eight-year old boy secretly watches as his mother is repeatedly…
by Jonas Jonasson I had some great laughs listening to the audiobook version. But I could imagine it is not for everybody since it is completely over the top. The…
by Michael Köhlmeier A book about Joel Spazierer, a man without moral. He is a barbarian, later blackmailer, counterfeiter, thief, cold-blooded, vindictive, greedy. Even a five-times murderer but you are…
by Patrick Modiano Here is another of the good book summaries by Bernd Wunderlich in German:“Die Eltern von Louis Memling – der Vater war Radrennfahrer, die Mutter Tänzerin – kamen…
by Marlene Streeruwitz The book doesn’t flollow any of teh rules to build a good story. It is just an account of a couple of month in the life of…
by María Olivia Mönckeberg In this book I understood much better the current players in the Chilean economy and how they got the wealth, they claim had gotten by hard…