Stadt, Land, Kneipe (German for ~ Urban, Rural, Saloon) is a mischievous roman à tiroirs that starts in Berlin and ends in a Bavarian village. There and in between, the protagonist hovers in a saloon state-of-mind, a condition that permeates the urban landscape and the countryside. There and elsewhere, he is killing time more – which has a different measure in a student’s life – with cigarettes and beer. While doing so, he decides this and concludes that. His quest for identity does not find a coherent story and serves no reliable morality, the metropolis and the village are appraised without any cynicism, and the urban kaleidoscope finally shatters on the misty shapes of rural home.