Jean Tobelmann, a third-generation restaurateur, has an idiosyncratic regular - the young Sourie is passionately serious about exploring what most people prefer to keep quiet about: the end of life. Why? Tobelmann gets to the bottom of the humorous eccentric's story and discovers something that could not be more understandable and at the same time more incomprehensible, something that goes far beyond Sourie's amour fou with their mutual friend Tessa and the bond between the two men.
Husch Josten tells of life's pitfalls in a light-hearted way, with subtle irony and a gift for observation. Of true friendship, wrong decisions, the search for meaning and of love - our only weapon against mortality.

Husch Josten, born in 1969, studied history and constitutional law in Cologne and Paris. She trained and worked as a journalist in both cities until she moved to London in the mid-2000s, where she worked as a writer for daily newspapers and magazines. In 2011, she made her debut with the novel "In Sachen Joseph", which was nominated for the aspekte literature prize. In 2012, she published the highly acclaimed follow-up "Das Glück von Frau Pfeiffer" and in 2013 the story collection "Fragen Sie nach Fritz". In 2014, she published "Der tadellose Herr Taft" and most recently the novels "Hier sind Drachen" (2017) and "Land sehen" (2018) with Berlin Verlag. In 2019, she was awarded the prestigious Konrad Adenauer Foundation Literature Prize. Husch Josten now lives in Cologne again.