Viktor Yerofeyev is a Russian writer – and one willing to get in­ volved. He speaks out repeatedly in critical fashion against the Russian government and president Vladimir Putin and pub­ lishes articles in German newspapers. In his new novel »Die Akimuden. Ein nichtmenschlicher Roman« he invents a whim­ sical scenario: the undead populate the world and humankind has to get used to it. Surrealistic elements come together in this science­fiction­historical­thriller, which scores again and again with its absurdly funny dialogue.