Decompression
Subtitle: a novel
By: Juli Zeh ; translated by John Cullen
Contributors: Cullen, John, translator
Publisher: Harvill Secker
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9781846557552; 9781448161645
Subjects: Adventure thriller; Initiative für Selbstbestimmtes Leben Behinderter Menschen; Deutsche; Dreierbeziehung
Work titles: Nullzeit
Description: Theo is a middle-aged author with writers' block; his partner Jola is a beautiful and privileged soap star who wants very much to be taken seriously. In an attempt to save her dying career, Jola is determined to land the lead role in a new film about underwater photographer and model Lotte Hass. To improve her chances, the couple travel to Lanzarote and hire diving instructor Sven, paying him a huge sum for exclusive tuition. Sven is meticulously planning his most ambitious expedition yet - to an untouched wreck 100 metres down on the ocean floor. Diving calls for a cool head and, as a sinister love triangle develops, events rapidly get out of hand.
Notes: Translated from the German.