"Compelling, poetical, sensitive, erotic-this wonderful novel is all this and much more."-Express
A reclusive millionaire invites a writer to stay in his mansion and ghostwrite his life story. The writer will be well paid for his efforts-literary fame is virtually guaranteed; the subject's only stipulation is that the book not be published until after his death. But what he recounts-a tale of greed, fanaticism, and erotic obsession-may be a dazzling fabrication, the bitter fruit of unrequited love. The play of truth and fiction combine with fine storytelling in this novel by one of the stars of contemporary German fiction.
