Chip off the Old Block

01/02/2011
528 Pages, 14.0 x 21.5 cm
ISBN 978-3-8390-0120-2
Trade Paperback
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15,40 € (A)
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COMING OF AGE! MASTERLY TOLD AND BRUTALLY HONEST!

Coming-of-Age novel which reflects the existential crisis of a young man in a dark, relentless, and moving way.

Sven has lost his way. At day he is high and disorientated, the night he spends with sex, drugs and fights. His father, a successful and famous pedagogue, is sure that Sven could do a lot more with his life, but Sven doesn’t listen to him anymore, to the guy who never had time for his family and especially not for Sven’s beloved little sister Lina.
One day Sven gets an anonymous letter: He has to scare up 500.000 Euros within half a year or his sister who lives in Australia at the moment will get abducted.
It doesn’t take long until Sven’s illegal ways to get money are exhausted; therefore there is just one last chance: He has to convince his father and other investors of a plausible business project to get some money. Soon he realizes that he enjoys all the organisation and planning, but then Sven finds out who has written the letter and everything changes.

‘Chip off the Old Block’ describes the story of a young man who stands in between the indifference of his parents and his own excessive demand. Though, he risks loosing his way and getting caught in a circle of dissatisfaction, disorientation, and sadness.