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"Read this promising book!" writes Elfriede Jelinek about this rogue novel, which is as cheeky, funny, and laid-back as its hero. Mike Bittini is a gambler and drifter; he always has been. After seventeen years on the road, he returns to Vienna in his old Ford Escort and white leather boots. His brother, a successful real estate lawyer, has fallen into a coma. Now Mike sneaks into Sandro's villa. Gloria, Sandro's wife, is far from pleased to see Mike again. She knows him all too well. And indeed, the unpredictable uncle quickly wins over the two teenage children of his brother, acts like the master of the house, gets into conflicts with the neighbors, and declares war on Gloria's mother. And Gloria just wants to get rid of him. Does she really? And what does Mike really want?.