Leon de Winter
Hoffman’s honger

Published by Diogenes as Hoffmans Hunger
English Title: Hoffman's Hunger

The diplomat, Felix Hoffmann, is an unusual hero, grieving for his dead children, suffering from insomnia and searching for truth in the works of the philosopher, Spinoza. Hoffmann reads Spinoza in his sleepless nights, stuffing himself with leftovers from dinners until the dawn breaks. Hoffman - appointed ambassador to Prague late in life - lands up in a word of secrets and double meanings; in the end escape is his only way out.