The Tobacconist von Robert Seethaler

A moving account of an ordinary boy living through extraordinary times, and the lengths we will go to in order to protect what we love. In 1937, 17-year-old Franz exchanges his home in the Austrian lake district for the bustle of Vienna. In his role as apprentice to the tobacconist Otto Trsnyek, he will soon be supplying the great and good of Vienna with newspapers and cigarettes. Among the regulars is a certain Professor Freud... From the bestselling author of "A Whole Life".

Robert Seethaler was born in Vienna in 1966 and is the author of several novels including A Whole Life and The Tobacconist. A Whole Life was a top ten-bestseller in Germany, and has garnered huge acclaim.