VOLLBLUTSPIEßER

full-blooded spitfire

Author reading with Chris Nolde
The author reads from his latest novel.

Max Baum was once a dreamy free spirit & artist - now he has set himself a new mission: To become happy as an order-loving philistine. However, he has underestimated the little goblin that sits in his ear and keeps reminding him of who he used to be. A blackly humorous novel about disoriented mid-thirties in their search for stability, love and identity.

It all began with the move from Berlin to Bonn - to what felt like the provinces. While Max used to dream of leading an exciting life as an artist, now it's all about being an artist: A nine-to-five office job, looking after his child, game nights - if it weren't for the secret temptation in the background to try his hand at art again ... While Max plays the order-loving employee during the day, he drifts off into a freedom-loving, mysterious collective in the evening that puts art first and has radical plans to overthrow it. Max is on the verge of losing everything - his relationship, his health, his integrity. A blackly humorous novel about the want-it-all-and-can't-exclude-anything generation, about the seductive effect of simple solutions and the liberating power of decisions.

Chris Nolde will be reading from his book "Vollblutspießer", which was published by Adakia Verlag on March 27, 2025.