In the organizer's words:

As always, Heinz Strunk's work goes from strength to strength. In the summer, his new collection of stories
"Kein Geld Kein Glück Kein Sprit" was published by Rowohlt, and at the end of September he followed it up with the graphic novel
"Graf Fauchi und das verschwundene Gebiss" with Carlsen. So what could be
than to take the two books on a reading tour and combine them with one or two amusing surprises.
surprise or two. Rumor has it that he even carries a flute and a jingle bell with him.
with him.
The writer, musician and actor Heinz Strunk was born in Bevensen in 1962. Since
his first novel Fleisch ist mein Gemüse, he has published 14 more books. The Golden
The Golden Glove was on the bestseller list for months; the film adaptation by Fatih Akin screened in the
competition at the Berlinale. In 2016, the author was honored with the Wilhelm Raabe Literature Prize. His
Es ist immer so schön mit dir and Ein Sommer in Niendorf were nominated for the German
Book Prize nomination. Zauberberg was published most recently
No Money No Happiness No Gas
Heinz Strunk once again invites us into a world in which there is much to marvel at and laugh about, even though it is
is by and large full of pain and shivers. There are reports of quite strange
illnesses, disturbing occurrences in the house next door in the suburban settlement, abysmally
miserable family stories and couple tragedies are told. Gathered household robots
devoutly watch a puppet show, a woman just wants to have her nose fixed and ends up with the wrong plastic surgeon.
to the wrong plastic surgeon, and at the fish buffet in the luxury resort in Maspalomas, retired couples
couples go to war with each other in the off-season.
"The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung demanded the Büchner Prize for Strunk on the occasion of "Kein Geld Kein Glück Kein Sprit". That
is fitting, because Georg Büchner also dedicated his short life to short texts. A master of the pamphlet, the
drama fragment, the pamphlet. But if the success of Heinz Strunk's short stories were to lead to a few authors being published in
future, a few authors who have not yet written bestsellers will dare to convince their potential publishers that these or
publishers that this or that beautiful miniature does not necessarily have to be boiled down to a watery alphabet soup in order to be published.
into a watery alphabet soup in order to be suitable for publication: Then Georg Büchner should rather be posthumously awarded the Heinz-Strunk-
Prize posthumously. Only then would his life's work be sufficiently honored." Süddeutsche Zeitung
Count Fauchi and the missing dentures
An ancient vampire without teeth? That sounds like a nightmare - and that's exactly what it is for Count
Fauchi! Without his teeth, the ancient undead is completely lost, because without them he can no longer suck blood.
suck blood. Together with the intrepid werewolf Ylva, the count embarks on an adventurous
an adventurous search for his tusks across Transylvania.
"Educational mission? - Zero!" Heinz Strunk says that children's books can be written off the cuff, and he doesn't think much about his young readers.
he doesn't give his young readers much thought either. His new book "Count Fauchi" about a decrepit vampire is likely to sell a million copies.
sell a million copies. The time