Regular readers of my weblog probably know that I read & buy quite a lot of books, from serious literature like James Joyce and Arno Schmidt to art, advertising, Perry Rhodan, political stuff and even Michael Palin. However, this one's the most entertaining books I've come across for quite a long time (well, except for Palin's Monty Python diaries perhaps):
Peter Hein, Geht so. Wegbeschreibungen.
2007 Lilienfeld Verlag Düsseldorf
Peter Hein, also known as Janie J. Jones, describes his encounters with places, towns and villages in Germany while touring with his bands Fehlfarben and Family*5. In his unique writing style he takes us aboard a train running alongside the Rhine, then visits Hamburg, Augsburg, Berlin (and Berlin is only worth a mention of half a page), Scheißkaff (the whole chapter just one endlessly long and complicated sentence, which runs across 4 pages, beautifully written), and, after many others (Würzburg, Tuttlingen, Wetzlar, Aschaffenburg etc), finally Silverstone: the race. Fab. What Peter Hein has to say about Magdeburg I've already quoted elsewhere. Janie: fab book you've written there.
It's also beautifully designed, with wonderful typesetting and great binding - the old Greno publishing company springs to mind (to all the people who are old enough to remember Franz Greno). Great work from the publishing company.
In short: all my readers capable of reading German, get this book. It's fab:
Amazon Germany
Lilienfeld Verlag
Get it. Now. It's great.
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