She didn't know her father well; the family broke up early. Nevertheless, his unexpected death is a blow for Martina, in her mid-thirties, who drifts through a precarious Berlin life without a job. So, she initially approaches the situation in the way she prefers: trying to make the seriousness of life a little more bearable with long nights and many drinks—or perhaps confronting it directly? In the corner pub, she encounters heroes of the night, philosophers, finds a supportive family, a home. How could it all have come to this? With her father, her dysfunctional family? With herself? Others aren't faring any better, neither the young widower Eckhard from the pub nor the other world-wise figures who have lost everything in the game of life but gained even more by carrying on anyway. A radical, funny, and constantly surprising novel about a young woman who does what she wants, who learns about life and thereby masters the unimaginable. Brilliant wit, plenty of irony, sparklingly original observations, everyday philosophy at its finest. A linguistic firework display. New product