Unwanted Goods
»Definitely not fit for purpose. Please return.«
In a near-future Berlin, Bruno drifts through life as a city tour guide, film-set worker and reluctant survivor of his own past. When episodes of blackouts and flashbacks start, Bruno is forced to confront the events he has spent decades avoiding: a childhood marked by violated boundaries, experiences of sexual coercion and the habit of making himself smaller for the comfort of others.
Told in a darkly funny voice that never shuts up because silence seems too dangerous, this novel moves between present-day absurdity and painful recollection, revealing a profound story about shame, male vulnerability, trauma and love.
- An urgently contemporary exploration of masculinity, vulnerability and violence
- For readers of Édouard Louis, Bryan Washington and Benedict Wells
Anton Weil
Anton Weil, born in Berlin-Kreuzberg in 1989, is an author, actor and musician. He studied Acting at the Berlin University of the Arts. ‘Unwanted Goods’ is his second novel. He lives in Berlin with his family.
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