'Tender and elegiac . . . Devastating . . . Complex, ambitious and moving' Times Literary Supplement

'Essential reading for the early years of the twenty-first century' Scotland on Sunday

'Told with a dry wit that enhances, rather than disguises, the sadness of its story, The Tobacconist is a touching miniature of an ordinary life irrevocably altered by the larger forces of history' Sunday Times

Robert Seethaler was born in Vienna and divides his time between his home town and Berlin. He is the author of several novels including A Whole Life and The Tobacconist. He also works as an actor, most recently in Paolo Sorrentino's Youth.