Die Erfindung der Null

Does a person's life obey the laws of a mathematical proof? Two people sit opposite each other in an interrogation room. Dr. Gödeler is suspected of murder, the prosecutor wants to prove that he committed the murder. But control over the interrogation situation shifts incessantly in favor of the suspect. A cleverly constructed, suspenseful novel, literarily orchestrated in many ways, about the rise and fall of a mathematical genius. Martin Gödeler, doctor of mathematics, tutor from Stuttgart, is suspected of being responsible for the disappearance of his vacation companion Susanne Melforsch. A young prosecutor is determined to convict the mathematician of murder. But things turn out differently. Dr. Gödeler is more than willing to provide information. What the prosecutor gets to hear is nothing less than the life story of the suspect. A numerical genius whose life was always dictated by ecstasy, be it in his relationships with women, be it in his absorption in mathematics. When the pre-trial detention is lifted, Martin Gödeler disappears without a trace. What remains is the record of a most peculiar existence, a life between genius and neglect.