Suspense and disappointment in the relentless Caribbean sun: Telegram for Mecánico tells the intriguing story of an ordinary man in a fishing village in the Dominican Republic. His nickname is Mecánico because he is a mechanic. He has almost forgotten his real name, until one day he receives a strange telegram: he has to come to Malabacoa because his father is dying there. But his father drowned at sea thirty years ago. Curious, he travels to the remote mountain village of Malabacoa. There, a disconcerting experience awaits him that later, when he returns to his own village, will lead to a dramatic and violent denouement. Telegram for Mecánico is a novel about deceit and loss, an exciting and mysterious crime story and at the same time a poignant portrait of a lonely man in an unequal battle against the established order, the past and his own heart.

Noordtij is a novel about a grand and exciting adventure on board the polar ship Gerrit de Veer. The ship set sail from Newfoundland to the High North in the spring of 1882 for a scientific expedition. The Dutch scientists are well prepared and are accompanied by local sailors, including an ice shed and three eskimos with dog sleds. The journey goes to Ellesmere, an uninhabited, virtually unknown mountain and glacier covered area between Greenland and the North Pole. The crew faces sea storms, icebergs, bears and blinding snowdrifts. Unparalleled novel now in a mid-price edition When the Gerrit de Veer threatens to freeze in the pack ice, conflicts arise between the members of the expedition and the sailors, and they realize that the greatest danger lies not in nature, but in their own human shortcomings. When the polar night falls, mistrust, demoralization and tragic mistakes lead to a shocking denouement

In Miami, police arrest a young man who just arrived from Haiti in a self-made sailboat. They found the boat and the dead body of one of the other crewmembers. The young man now threatens not only deportation, but also imprisonment or the electric chair for murder. On the advice of his lawyer, he writes down his life story in court. He unadornedly sketches the world in which he grew up, a world full of poverty and decay, crime and superstition, a world in which lies, deceit and betrayal determine the mutual relationships. His only defense is his willpower, his sarcasm and a dark sense of humor. As he writes, his factual account turns into an adventure novel, a raw crime story and a heartbreaking autobiography.

Käte Jahn is set in 1980s communist East Berlin, a dilapidated and grotesque world full of colorful weirdos. Cynicism and dictatorship go hand in hand, cruel misunderstandings are the rule and the desire for freedom can have tragic consequences. The young singer Käte Jahn leads an improvised and risky life. Wonderful novel about a woman who gets lost in the time in which she is doomed to live. Only available as an e-book.

The short story collection Little America contains short stories set in a small rural community in the Midwestern United States. The 115-page book is from 1988 and is only available second-hand or antiquarian.