The literary event of 2016/17 - now available as a paperback. The stories in Matthias Brandt's first book are literary journeys into a cosmos familiar to everyone, yet examined here with a very special perspective: the cosmos of childhood. In this case, it is a childhood in the 1970s in a small town on the Rhine, which was then the federal capital. A childhood populated by a sometimes snappy dog named Gabor, mysterious postmen, and war-damaged religion teachers. There is an eccentric colleague of the father, Mr. Wehner, a janitor, and even a chauffeur, as the father is currently the Chancellor. The narrative includes curious bike trips, monstrous football defeats, and equally enigmatic yet beloved parents, all part of a childhood filled with adventure and deception.