They've announced the winner of the German Book Prize, and it goes to Kruso, by Lutz Seiler -- the clear favorite coming in (for two months in a row it's topped the German critics' 'best' list, the SWR Bestenliste).
See also the Suhrkamp foreign rights page, the New Books in German information page, or get your copy at Amazon.de. (Foreign rights have been sold to: France, Italy, Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, and Hungary; English language rights ... not so much (though I figure that will get taken care of in the coming days in Frankfurt -- but god forbid anyone would have bought it before it got that prize-stamp-of-approval ....).)
Note also that not all reactions were enthusiastic -- the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung coming right out and headlining their coverage Eine zweifelhafte Entscheidung ('A Questionable Decision').
See also the Suhrkamp foreign rights page, the New Books in German information page, or get your copy at Amazon.de. (Foreign rights have been sold to: France, Italy, Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, and Hungary; English language rights ... not so much (though I figure that will get taken care of in the coming days in Frankfurt -- but god forbid anyone would have bought it before it got that prize-stamp-of-approval ....).)
Note also that not all reactions were enthusiastic -- the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung coming right out and headlining their coverage Eine zweifelhafte Entscheidung ('A Questionable Decision').