From Germany to Italy, from East Frisia to Piedmont, from one traditional, wonderful, and underrated region to another. Turin lies off the usual pilgrimage routes, on the periphery of cultural perception - the ideal place for Jan Brandt. He spends just one weekend at the Turin Book Fair, carrying with him 'Contro il mondo', the Italian translation of his novel 'Gegen die Welt'. And in these three days, he experiences more than he usually does in three weeks. In 'Tod in Turin', he tells the story of a writer who has had enough of Germany, of reading aloud, of not writing, of himself, and travels to Italy to reinvent himself - or to disappear forever.