Walker:Abgeflogen

The young Max Berger spontaneously answered the enticing call from Medan to work for a year as a tutor in a German family—not least because he has a crush on the children's mother. He learns Indonesian and immerses himself in the new culture, which reveals a disturbing level of corruption, racism, and intrigue alongside human warmth. As he grows closer to the siblings, he increasingly struggles with jealousy and the father's rejection. And then there are the women: the Chinese student Kim, whom Max falls in love with; the seductive Eurasian Louise, with whom he spends erotic hours; and the mature Countess Bettina, whom he encounters again. No matter how Max approaches it, his affairs end in chaos. Ultimately, he finds himself caught in a whirlwind of love, jealousy, and well-guarded family secrets that is hard to escape. Encounters with a foreign way of life, painful realizations, excursions into tropical regions: Hans Walker takes readers on a journey to an unknown, exciting Indonesia in his novel.