This novel by A.M. Homes caused a scandal - now it is also available in German. When A.M. Homes' novel "The End of Alice" was published in the USA in 1996, it sparked intense discussions that even spilled over into Germany. At that time, no publisher dared to release the book in German. Today, A.M. Homes is one of the most recognized contemporary writers, and it is time to discover this disturbing text, told from the perspective of a pedophilic child murderer, in our country as well. For 23 years, Chappy, the narrator of the novel, has been in prison, serving a life sentence for the murder of twelve-and-a-half-year-old Alice Somerfield, and he hopes for an early release. In prison, he receives letters from a nineteen-year-old girl who claims to admire him. She herself is spending the summer holidays at her parents' house and has a...