»Amusing and with a wonderfully ironic voice, Suter describes Allmen’s koi fishing trips with a fantastic sense of place, thanks to Suter’s own experience of life on Ibiza.«

»You can’t help but like him, this well-educated, talented, degenerate, maudlin, destitute snob, who wouldn’t survive one day without Carlos and Maria.«

»Martin Suter describes a great banquet in appetising detail, in which delicacies are served in a daring fusion of Japanese and Mediterranean.«

»The charm of this story, which can easily be devoured on a long train journey, is in its attractive nonchalance, the kind all successful confidence tricksters possess.«
 

»It’s worth reading for its ruminations over the appropriate get-up or appropriate drink alone.«

»In short: A book that captivates you in an instant.«

»It’s so relaxing to see this fly-by-night guy, who fights so hard to stay at the top, doing his detective work.«