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An extraordinary and controversial bestseller in Germany from a teenage literary prodigy, described as a cynical "Catcher In The Rye" for the noughties. Its central voice is 16-year old Mifti. Since the death of her mother she has been living in an increasingly dire state of disarray, enmeshed in the Berlin party scene and surviving her so-called life in a haze of sex, drugs and sub culture.
Synopsis
'Horrible lives are a godsend', writes 16-year-old Mifti in her diary. Since the death of her mother, she has been living in Berlin in a dire state of disarray. Diagnosed as a 'pseudo stress-debilitated' problem child, she becomes enmeshed in the Berlin party scene, surviving her so called life through a haze of sex, drugs and club culture.
