Greed

A brilliant, dark exploration of the Austrian socio-political climate with an emphasis on capitalistic greed and patriarchal power, told through the eyes of an unseen, godlike narrator and her observations of the country policeman, Kurt Janisch, and his use of power against women (two in particular). The freeflowing, abrupt writing can be tough to read at times, and the story is really very brief, despite the book's length, but the poetry and political commentary shine through in Jelinek's novel.