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In his article, Minasse asked whether the European Commission was "e;fit to write a novel."e; And here he answers the question with his brilliant novel, "e;The Capital,"e; which won the German Book Prize in 2017, then invaded the bestseller lists, and sparked a lively debate in the German-speaking region. After years of investigation and research in Brussels, the writer found a form for his novel full of characters, which reminds us of the classic film "e;Shortcuts"e; by the famous director Robert Altman: instead of focusing on a main character, we encounter here - which is consistent with the European multilateral institution - a series of... "e;Active people who meet each other in the maze of European institutions in Brussels, either by chance or by arrangement, and make alliances, or fight and plot against each other."e; (Christina Made-Tsinke)