Heinz Helle – Superabundance

“Alone in New York, separated from his girlfriend by the Atlantic Ocean, the nameless narrator of Heinz Helle’s electric debut novel is sinking slowly into an invisible crisis. He loves his girlfriend but finds himself attracted to every woman he passes on the street. Totally self-aware yet unable to change his behaviour, he wonders at the ease with which everyone else seems to cope with life. Worse, his brain won’t stop its whirring analysis of the world around him, and it’s making any human interaction – watching football with friends, drinking with work colleagues, comforting his girlfriend – all but impossible. Superabundance‘s buzzing narration brings to life the philosophical struggles of everyday existence, and asks: how do we live when our relationships, our actions and even our own minds are filled with such heartbreaking mystery?”

Serpent’s Tail, 2016 Softcover edition. Creasing to front wrap.