“As a storyteller Uwe Timm is unparalleled in Germany… Headhunter is the best German novel in a long time. He has condensed anecdotes, scientific essays, observations and precise journalistic descriptions into a suspenseful novel.” (Christian Kracht in Tempo)
Peter Waller, accused of fraud with commodity future transactions, has escaped with his wife and daughter to the Spanish Costa del Sol. Here he has the time to indulge in his hobbies and to reminisce on his life. From humble beginnings as the son of a hairdresser from Hamburg who frequently changed her boyfriends he made it to a broker and CEO of his own company. He used to be a door-to-door-salesman before he came across a headhunter and moved into an office with a view on the Alster. His rapid rise reads as a status report of the 80s, when everything seemed possible.
