Ferdinand von Schirach

The German author and criminal defence lawyer Ferdinand von Schirach will be interviewed in German by Michel Krielaars (NRC Handelsblad) about his new crime novel Taboo.

Ferdinand von Schirach (Munich, 1964) works as a criminal defence lawyer in Berlin. His clients include prominent figures, industrialists and members of the criminal underworld. Crime was his literary debut, published in 2009 and sold in 30 countries. This was followed by Guilt and The Collini Case. In the latter novel, Ferdinand von Schirach based a character on his own grandfather Baldur von Schirach, who founded the Hitler Youth and was later convicted at the Nuremberg Trials.

In May, a new novel by Ferdinand von Schirach will be published: Taboo. In this novel, the successful photographer Sebastian von Eschburg is accused of murdering a young woman. His lawyer Konrad Biegler takes on the defence, thereby offering not only the photographer but also himself a helping hand.

Date: Wednesday 21 May 2014
Start: 20.00
Location: BorderKitchen, Kerkstraat 13, The Hague
Tickets (€5) can be reserved via 070-3462355 or info@borderkitchen.nl

Please note: this BorderKitchen event will be held in German. The novel Taboo is published by De Arbeiderspers and translated from German by Hans Driessen and Marion Hardoar.

“Master of literary concision” – De Morgen

“An extraordinary stylist” – The New York Times

“Von Schirach’s most mature and most gripping book” – Sonntagszeitung

“How wonderful, such a book made up entirely of clear sentences […] a great mystery in which you can lose yourself completely, breathless.” – Der Spiegel