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I've read a bunch about this book and so it'll be interesting to actually read it. I think the overall theme appeals to me, but it's also a genre of book that has a high potential to be annoying. We shall see.

I have a fondness for Sven Regener and his characters. Maybe it's because I used to live on Wiener Straße in Kreuzberg myself, albeit a generation after Frankie Lehmann's days. Anyways, Glitterschnitter once again captures the spirit of 1980s Kreuzberg in a funny and empathetic way. Squats, squatters, action art, experimental music, Swabian exiles, ...

I was close to giving up on the book several times, but it was just captivating enough to take me to the end. But I can't say I enjoyed it much.

So I finished reading this, but I still can't tell whether I had read it previously. Some parts of the book felt very familiar, but the rest I didn't remember at all. Feels a bit like something that a Murakami character would experience...