Martin Suter is a Swiss writer, screenwriter and reporter. For many years, he has maintained a reputation as one of the wittiest and most sophisticated observers and writers of everyday life of the modern European “bourgeoisie”: he shares these observations in his famous Business Class columns, which are published in several influential newspapers in Germany and Switzerland. In the late 90s, Suter became famous for the action-packed thriller “Small World,” which became a worldwide bestseller. “Lila, Lila” (2004) is a novel within a novel. The recognized master of psychological writing and fascinating plots made his hero a modest waiter whose passion is literature. And as soon as he bought a battered night table on the cheap, in the drawer of which a strange find was discovered - the manuscript of an autobiographical novel by an unknown author, how the hero’s life changes dramatically. “Lila, Lila” is a book about love, fidelity, betrayal and death, a touching and humane book.