"I would like to claim that I regret it, but that would be a lie."
They are on their way to the German beach town Timmendorfer Strand: Amata Haller and her boss Heinz Brockhaus, who offered to drive her there. Amata is in a hurry; her mother is waiting, as every year on May 3rd. For this day marks the anniversary of the sinking of the "Cap Arcona," the catastrophe towards the end of World War II that her grandfather barely survived. The heat presses on the overcrowded streets, the drive gets longer and longer, Brockhaus talks incessantly, and Amata loses her composure. At the end of the day, Brockhaus will no longer be alive, and months later Amata will stand trial.
"The truth crumbles away, sentence by sentence. What [Otoo] asks us to read here is no easy read – but it is a necessary one." - Buchkultur, Stefanie Jaksch
"A gripping, socially critical and, at the same time, morally ambivalent portrait of a lawyer who can no longer distinguish between right and wrong, good and evil, law and justice." - VOGUE, Leila Herrmann
"a dazzling book." and "As soon as you get down to the details, it becomes clear just how confidently [...] Otoo manages to tackle life." - Frankfurter Rundschau, Judith von Sternburg
"It’s well worth reading to see just how much [Otoo] manages to convey in those few pages – from (post-)colonial history and dysfunctional family relationships to the struggles of single people – and all with a touch of humour." - Kurier, Christina Böck
