Agenten

From the author of the acclaimed novel "The Invention of Life," Hanns-Josef Ortheil, the scene novel "Agents" was celebrated upon its release in 1989 as an accurate and compelling portrait of the 1980s. After the collapse of political circles and alternative movements, the focus shifted to money, careers, and consumption, leading to the cultivation of ego-driven worlds. Cool, irreverent, and precise, Ortheil's first-person narrator, the young journalist Meynard, dissects the psycho-dramas of a new era that was just beginning. As a virtuoso sketch of a clique of young wannabe dandies, this novel quickly became a cult classic, with its relevance and freshness remaining completely intact to this day.