Difficile est saturam non scribere.
It is difficult not to write satire.
Juvenal. Saturae I, 30
You may not be able to change the world, but at least you can embarrass the guilty.
Jessica Mitford.
Two German tourists die in traffic accidents in Egypt. Their bodies are used to transport a huge amount of dollar bills into Germany. Why are the responsible German authorities not interested in this case?
In the guise of a Canadian journalist Jack Boulder is sent to Egypt by a minor German secret service to inquire about the background, traveling with a German government minister's delegation. Unintentionally, an airline physician gives Boulder a lead that finally takes him to Spain.
Apparently, money trafficking is but a sideline in the context of events. They have their root in recent German history, former East-West business relations kept alive, and are far more complicated and convoluted than everybody thought — and they happen on the level of the new fast and loose German elite.
The novel is set in 2004 in Berlin, Cairo, the Libyan desert — Basel, Potsdam — reminiscences of Budapest in the 1950s and East Berlin in the 1970s — Madrid, Andalusia, and Tuscany … as the world turns.
Another book featuring Jack Boulder, his friend Laszlo Nagy, Dr. Schall — and Jack Boulder's friend Annabel Conti, who still works for a Swiss bank.
Berlin Export. Illustrated hardcover, 255 pages, 25 color illustrations.
Special hardcover edition — upon request only. A TwinTree™ Publication.
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Reader's Opinion
"The story is taut and the prose polished, sometimes biting and sarcastic, partly laconic, partly descriptive story-telling. The literary style is adjusted to the easy-reading form of the political thriller. The main theme is: Whom can you trust?"
R.P., Berlin.
Peter de Chamier works for an international scientific and humanitarian foundation. He has a doctorate in history.
The author has written and edited a number of non-fiction books that were translated into seven languages. He has contributed numerous newspaper articles to the culture and arts sections of several leading newspapers, and has a regular column in a scientific news magazine.
→ More about the author and some of his remarks about writing.