Pfitz

Author: Andrew Crumey

Cover design: Marie Lane   Cover illustration: Lise Weisgerber  

"Rreinnstadt is a place which exists nowhere... the conception of an 18th century prince who devotes his time, and that of his subjects, to laying down on paper the architecture and street-plans of this great, yet illusory city. Its inhabitants must also be devised: artists and authors, their fictional lives and works, all concocted by different departments. When Schenck, a worker in the Cartography Office, discovers the 'existence' of Pfitz, a manservant visiting Rreinnstadt, he sets about illicitly recreating Pfitz's life. Crumey is a daring writer: using the stuff of fairy tales, he ponders the difference between fact and fiction, weaving together philosophy and fantasy to create a magical, witty novel."
The Sunday Times

Intellectual fiction at its playful best and not to be missed.