Takis Würger is a major up-and-coming international writer whose profile promises only to grow with this new book, a historical novel set in 1942 and partially based on real events. The inspiration for its eponymous character, Stella Goldschlag, was the subject of a 1993 biography and featured in a 2019 German docudrama, The Invisibles . Stella sparked a major media conversation about memory and historical representation when it was published in Germany in 2019. It became a bookseller favorite...
For fans of Donna Tartt’s The Secret History , Joël Dicker’s The Truth About the Harry Quebert Affair , Leila Slimani’s The Perfect Nanny , and Patricia Highsmith’s The Talented Mr. Ripley , The Club is a tantalizing mix of literary writing and a propulsively suspenseful narrative.Like Herman Koch’s breakthrough New York Times -bestseller The Dinner , The Club has been a huge success in Europe and now is poised to capture a big American readership. Like The Dinner it explores the...
