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In the Absence of Heroes

Published by Diogenes as Ganz normale Helden
Original Title: In the Absence of Heroes
For a year, Jeff Delpe, 18, has tried to help his parents after the death of his younger brother, Donald. Now he is fed up: His father sees moving to the countryside as the only solution to the family tragedy, and his mother spends her days chatting with an unknown man named God. So Jeff decides to disappear. His new address is www.lifeoflore.com, where he is the big star of an online game and earns a lot of money. In order not to lose another son, his distraught father ends up looking for him in the place that is more foreign to him than any other. Reluctantly he sneaks into Jeff's online world... creating havoc, most of all for himself. While he fights his way up, level after level, to his son's sphere, offline he falls into an abyss and risks losing his job and his wife. Is that the end of the Delpe family? Far from it.

General Fiction
464 pages
2012

978-3-257-06794-1

World rights are handled by Diogenes

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»Anthony McCarten's narrative is compelling, funny and clever, with sparkling dialogue and told at a rattling pace.«
Anja Hirsch / Der Falter, Vienna
»How skilfully Anthony McCarten pulls the strings in his exciting but touching social novel – and with plenty of surprises.«
Südwest Presse, Ulm
»Another sparkling novel by Anthony McCarten.«
Stefan Hauck / Börsenblatt, Frankfurt
»Anthony McCarten's narrative is compelling, funny and clever, with sparkling dialogue and told at a rattling pace.«
Anja Hirsch / Der Falter, Vienna
»How skilfully Anthony McCarten pulls the strings in his exciting but touching social novel – and with plenty of surprises.«
Südwest Presse, Ulm
»Another sparkling novel by Anthony McCarten.«
Stefan Hauck / Börsenblatt, Frankfurt
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