They work in middle management at more or less significant companies, they bear such illustrious names as Hunold, Huber, Lindner, or Glaser, and they are terribly exhausted by all the synergies, strategies, hierarchies, salary demands, scheduling conflicts, and battles for coffee. Then it finally arrives: vacation time! And what do they do with it? Manage the vacation, or their own families, or the hotel staff until everyone is at their wits' end. Or find a way not to go on vacation at all. biography Martin Suter, born in Zurich in 1948, lives with his wife in Spain and Guatemala. He was a copywriter and successful advertising executive, a career he repeatedly supplemented or interrupted with other writing projects. These included "GEO" magazine features and numerous screenplays for film and television. Since 1991, he has worked as a freelance writer, and since 1992, he has written the weekly column "Business Class" for the "Weltwoche" magazine. Martin Suter was awarded the Golden Diogenes Owl in Zurich on March 29, 2004. New product