"David Bowie is not playing here, Anton." - "But he will, eventually." Düsterbusch is no place for heroes. Not Prussians, not Saxons, a little town on the edge of the Spreewald. Anton lives behind the combine harvester graveyard and dreams of a big life. Until he has a brilliant idea: His village should become a metropolis, with a subway connection and neon signs. With a handful of friends, he sets out to create a scene club in the middle of the GDR, inspired by London. Alexander Kühne tells the story of someone who stays and fights - but not politically, rather with the weapons of pop culture. He narrates the big dreams in the small and the failure of a utopia. "A novel that not only cleverly depicts life in the GDR but also conveys joy of life: Casual, laconic, elegant." (tip Berlin) "Alexander Kühne proves in his first novel 'Düsterbusch City Lights' that.