Daniel Fassbender: Heaven's Gate

BIOGRAPHY
Daniel Faßbender was a sailor, would love to be a professional surfer, and earns his living working in a TV newsroom. He studied literature, politics, and history. In 2018, his debut novel, *Die weltbeste Geschichte vom Fallen*, was longlisted for the Blogbuster Literary Prize. With *Heaven’s Gate*, he received a fellowship through the 1:1 mentoring program of the Literaturbüro NRW and the Literaturhaus Bonn. He lives in Cologne.

Heaven’s Gate: A Case for Caruso

After months of bittersweet idleness on the Philippine island of Surogao, Caruso—a former German professional surfer and private investigator—is deeply in debt. Just then, a beautiful Spanish woman comes along at just the right time, hiring him to find her missing son. The island, a paradise for surfers and tourists on a journey of self-discovery, is a fiercely contested hub for drugs. Caruso’s investigation quickly leads him into an abyss of violence and corruption—and to more than one lost son.

Sept. 14: Vera Zischke – *Pina* is canceled! Oct. 12: Christoph Kramer – *Where the Clouds Meet*!
Nov. 17: Melanie Raabe – *Daisy*!
Nov. 18: Frank Heibert – Amazons!
Nov. 19: Daniel Fassbender – *Heaven’s Gate*!
Nov. 20: Jennifer Benkau – Fairiegolden Town!
Nov. 27 Kai Pannen – You Must Be Crazy!

We would like to thank the Gerd Kaimer Community Foundation in Solingen for its generous support of the COBRA SoLIT reading series.