July 24, 2022 at 7:05 p.m
Hundreds of thousands of chat messages on a mobile phone from the immediate vicinity of the Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, who has since resigned, shook the republic in autumn 2021. They triggered a political earthquake that has an even stronger impact than the notorious “Ibiza” video. Bought media, perfidious intrigues, shameless post-jobbers and various forms of corruption come to light in it. It is a building of lies that is now blowing up in the ears of its builders, who were previously always concerned about message control.
The investigative cabaret artist Florian Scheuba has embarked on an exciting and satirical search for clues. What he found is a field of rubble obscured by smoke grenades, which holds many a surprise from the inner workings of the Turquoise party family. “Whoever reads this book will get to know Austria very well, that is inevitable. Whoever reads this book will get angry, that too is difficult to avoid, it is also desirable. Whoever reads it will laugh a lot and is therefore to be envied; Those who appear in it are not to be envied, but being noticed by Scheuba is a punishment that has never hit anyone undeservedly.” writes Daniel Kehlmann in the foreword. Kehlmann and Scheuba met in the Theater im Rabenhof to talk about satire, politics and their mixed forms in today’s world.
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Florian Scheuba: “If that goes haywire, we’re screwed. Chats, power and corruption. A search for clues”. With a foreword by Daniel Kehlmann, Zsolnay Verlag
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