No Fun: In his new novel “Fun”, the doctors look in the abyss of patriarchal structures.
Confidentiality had been ruled until the end: Until his date of publication (January 27th) yesterday (27.1.) Nothing was the content of the new novel of the singing drummer of the doctors, Bela B, leaked. The publisher’s official press announcement only revealed: “Five musicians, three concerts, a city in the province. A week in the life of the successful band NBL/NBL. A week that nothing is as it was. ”Behind this table of contents could have hidden everything.
Packed with explosives
And that Bela B, who is able to write everything for his literary career, is able to write everything, he had already demonstrated with his debut novel five years ago: “Scharnow”, analogous to the music of his band, could not be grasped . Was the action thriller, home novel, fantasy, social criticism or bizarre cabinet? Above all, the work was a brilliant entry in the genus of Pulp fiction loved by Bela B-and of course a bestseller. So it was only a matter of time before the successor appeared. And it is now packed with explosives on the shelves.
Drastically written
The title is misleading: only men, mighty men, have their fun here. “Fun” is an important book about women -looking consequences of patriarchal structures – with partly very drastically written passages. The focus is on the fictional rock band NBL/NBL, but the horror also reaches away from backstream rooms and hotel rooms. The plot invented freely, but could have been playing just as much and everywhere.
“I personally do not know any specific cases,” said Bela B to the “Mirror“,” But if you had wanted to have a look, you could have discovered it anywhere over the decades. “The meetings of female fans with their male idols initially begin on a voluntary basis, but the methods with which the girls for the aftershow- Parties are selected, as well as the subsequent dealings with them, witnesses of pure contempt for women and abuse of power.
What you have to think about
Parallels to the scandal around the other big band from Berlin, Rammstein, are pushing themselves up. But Bela B defends: “I don’t care about benefiting from a scandal from two years ago.” He considers the risk of confusion with reality to be manageable. “Patriarchal structures that lead to the exploitation of the woman in the sexual sense, the woman as a trophy, as servants of male needs-that is everywhere.” He chose the rock concert setting, because “after four decades in Rockbusiness there is really good Known. “
Information at a glance
“Fun” is on January 27th. appeared at Heyne. In the next music express, from February 14th at the kiosk, we present extracts from the book.