Summertime in the city's newspaper editorial offices. A truly important editor proceeds to prepare his breakfast roll. Side dish: crunchy gherkins. When he bites into it, the vinegar water splashes directly into his eye. There is a lot of screaming, the editor is on the verge of blindness! The incident draws circles: the mishap becomes a column, then a topic for letters to the editor, interviews, and finally a public debate. Gurkerl are banned, protests form, the editorial office splits into camps. With biting irony, Johanna Sebauer comments on today's culture of outrage with "Das Gurkerl", congenially illustrated by Nikolaus Heidelbach. 'Sebauer proves that literature can be entertaining and funny and yet meaningful.' FROM THE JURY OF THE BACHMANN COMPETITION New product