The Lake By Gerhard Roth, Translation and Afterword by Michael Winkler

"The Lake is an intricately plotted and fast-paced story of multiple crimes. Its central plot revolves around Paul Eck, a traveling representative for a pharmaceutical company. His precarious search for an unloved but locally prominent father and for his own better self leads this reluctant hero into dangerous misapprehensions and potentially fatal situations. In a series of snapshot portraits Roth ties the process of Eck's self-exploration to a confrontation with social attitudes. Gerhard Roth, born in 1942, has become one of Austria's most prolific and challenging novelists. His works have been translated into eight European languages and have received numerous awards."