Three days and three nights in Berlin during the Midsummer Night, when Christo wrapped the Reichstag. "Johannisnacht," Uwe Timms' new enchanting novel, tells the story of a man who only wants to write about potatoes but ends up in a series of confusing adventures. It is precisely the potato that brings the first-person narrator three fantastic days and nights in Berlin around Midsummer Night in Uwe Timms' new novel "Johannisnacht." Timms' protagonist is researching for an article about the history of the potato. He is searching for a taste catalog of the seemingly unassuming tuber, wants to learn something about an uncle who could taste potatoes like wine varieties, and finds himself caught up in a ridiculous series of entanglements and adventures. Racing from east to west, through layers and scenes, between Tuaregs and techno girls.