Ferdinand von Schirach, THE COLLINI CASE

btb - Novel - Hardcover - September 2011 - 208 pages

For thirty-four years Collini has worked as an innocent toolmaker at Mercedes. And then he apparently kills an old man for no reason. A nightmare for lawyer Caspar Leinen, who takes over the defense: The victim, a highly respected man, is the grandfather of his best friend. Worse still, Collini remains silent about his motive. Leinen begins researching and finds a trail that leads him into the middle of a terrifying chapter in the history of German justice…

• “A stroke of luck for German literature.”- Focus

• “Grandios!” - ELLE

• “Straightforward, stunning.” - Neues Deutschland

• “A crystal-clear tale of startling amorality.” - Die Welt

• “von Schirach’s language is hardened and precisely calculated, and there is something very pleasant about it.” - Cicero

• Cinema Release in Germany in 2019, starring Franco Nero, Elyas M’Barek and Alexandra Maria Lara

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