"The Last of My Kind" tells the story of the youngest scion of a rather decadent family. Alfred feels like a caricature next to his strong yet eccentric mother, his brilliant brother, and his seemingly dazed father. Nevertheless, he has made it his mission to restore his long-established family to new glory. He wants to become a hero. He has various options: he could, like his idol and namesake, slay forty Frenchmen, win a singing competition, or, yes, become a baron of love! But for now, Alfred is nothing more than a realist who sees himself as the disappointing punchline of a story whose greatest sin is that it has lasted far too long. Lukas Linder writes with such precision and ruthlessness about everyday failure that one can feel the truth of life between the lines.