Christian Kracht

Christian Kracht is the great German-language writer of his generation' Joshua Cohen. Two men venture through strange landscapes towards unknowable destinations. Paul, a feted designer, wanders the echoing corridors of a server farm in Norway – before, in a sudden blackout, he seems to vanish. In another time and space, a wounded stranger wakes in a forest, watched over by...

Realising he and she are the very worst kind of people, our unnamed middle-aged narrator embarks on a highly dubious road trip through Switzerland with his terminally ill and terminally drunken mother. They try unsuccessfully to give away or squander the fortune she has amassed from investing in armament industry shares. Along the journey, they bicker endlessly over the past,...

'Odd and evocative, a frolicking rumination' TIMES CRITICS' BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Hilarious, unsettling and unexpectedly moving' FINANCIAL TIMES BEST TRANSLATED BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Astonishing and captivating' KARL OVE KNAUSGAARD 'There's a refreshing, bright moral clarity to Eurotrash' NELL ZINK Realising he and she are the very worst kind of people, a middle-aged man embarks on a dubious...