' Sister Europe is so ambitious and ethically interested that it makes it clear that Zink is
one of our most important contemporary writers.' Guardian As a Berlin night draws in around
the pristine glass exterior of the Hotel Interconti a ragtag group of friends family and
potential lovers find themselves frustrated. By promise or threat they have all gathered at a
lavish celebration of an elderly author's venerable career. But dinner is delayed the speeches
are a drag and the gang - a young trans teen and her father an ageing publisher and his flakey
date a dog a troubled heiress and an Arab Prince - begin to feel the pinch of boredom hunger
and horniness. Together they will make their bid for freedom and will soon embark on an
exhilarating odyssey through the city's shadow and light. . . Sophisticated sexy and
exquisitely funny Sister Europe is the remarkable new novel from one of the most singular
brilliant writers working today: a vivid tale of growing up growing old and getting down.
'Nell Zink is a writer of extraordinary talent and range. Her work insistently raises the
possibility that the world is larger and stranger than the world you think you know' Jonathan
Franzen 'To stay out late in Zink's world loitering is a pleasure. Her voice is cool and
fastidious but she has a screwball quality - a comic sensibility rooted in pain.' New York
Times ' An extraordinary talent... Zink is in the company of not only Jonathan Franzen but
also Donna Tartt Philip Roth and Tom Wolfe' Daily Telegraph
