Kif Kehlmann, a young writer struggling financially, receives an unexpected call from Siegfried Heidl, a notorious con man and corporate criminal facing trial. Heidl offers Kehlmann $10,000 to ghostwrite his memoir in just six weeks, an offer Kehlmann desperately accepts.

As Kehlmann works, he becomes entangled in Heidl's manipulative world. The boundaries between writer and subject blur, and Kehlmann begins to question not only Heidl's true identity but also his own. He suspects he's not just documenting a life, but having his own rewritten in the process.

Why You Should Read?

• Explores profound questions of identity, truth, and manipulation.
• A gripping psychological study of power dynamics between two men.
• Delves into the complex ethical dilemmas of ghostwriting.
• Offers a tense, immersive experience as reality and self begin to unravel.