What, please, would I rather be than myself? Anything but myself. Martin Walser's much-discussed novel about relationships and what happens when a man loves two women at the same time. Justus Mall, who once had a different name, was a senior government official responsible for migration until he did something thoughtless. Since then, he has become a philosopher, responsible for everything and nothing. But that is not the only dilemma in his life: he loves two women. And because that can't work, he starts writing a blog – in search of someone who is exactly what he is missing. A completely clarified novel about everything unclear, an outrageous, overwhelming book.