New from the author of Measuring the World. Sebastian Zollner, an underachieving art critic, has pinned his hopes on writing the biography of the artist Manuel Kaminski, now an ailing recluse. Zollner’s efforts to unlock the secrets of Kaminski’s life lead him to embark on a series of increasingly desperate measures. Events spiral rapidly out of control as Zollner and Kaminski’ take a road-trip, by turns chaotic and grotesque.
