His company makes boxes in which asylum seekers whose residence permits have been rejected are transported back to their region of origin.

Unexpectedly, David Hauser finds himself in such a box and is thrown off.

Where, he doesn't know.

In conversation with Petra Ahne, Steffen Mensching presents his novel "Hauser's Excursion" at the FAZ stand at the book fair.

Petra Ahne

Editor in the Feuilleton.

  • Follow I follow

"Hauser's Excursion" by Steffen Mensching was published by Wallstein, has 249 pages and costs 22 euros.

Every Sunday morning, the FAZ books podcast alternately publishes talks about books and topics, interviews with authors, readings, literary puzzles and recitations from the Frankfurt anthology.

All episodes and other articles on the topics discussed can be found here.

You can easily subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or Deezer and never miss a new episode.

Of course we are also available in other podcast apps, just search for "FAZ books podcast".

You can also find us in the FAZ.NET app.

You can find all of our podcast offerings here.