Talkshow
Published by Diogenes as Talkshow
Original Title: Talkshow

An afternoon talk show is fighting for its survival and wants to win back its audience with a particularly scandalous programme. The idea: several victims of the same serial offender recount their traumatic experiences, whereupon the criminal is conjured up in front of the camera. The predictable commotion is supposed to put the programme in the headlines. But the plan doesn’t work, and the talk show team must improvise – it’s all or nothing.

Contemporary Literature, Novel
240 pages
2026

978-3-257-24835-7
Charles
Lewinsky

Charles Lewinsky, born in Zurich in 1946, has been a freelance writer since 1980. He won international renown with his novel Melnitz, which was awarded numerous prizes, including the French ›Prix du meilleur livre étranger‹. His novel Halfbeard was nominated for both the ›Swiss Book Prize‹ and the ›German Book Prize‹. His works have been published in 16 languages. Charles Lewinsky lives in Vereux (France) in summer, and in Zurich in winter.

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