From banker in Zurich to global accountant for the Calabrian mafia - a novel about an inconspicuous woman.
In the 1990s, a young woman moves from the provinces of Lower Saxony to Zurich to pursue a career as an investment banker. There she gets to know the world of bad banks, where neither borders nor laws seem to apply. However, when her career stagnates, she realizes how much freedom it gives her to be a woman who is overlooked: Away from legality, she soon invests millions. Finally, she remains silent in court. Her story is told by others.
In The Gambler, Isabelle Lehn creates an ambivalent heroine who knows how to make the most of her inconspicuousness. A smart and smooth novel by an incorruptible author - and an exciting game with our own expectations. Inspired by a true story.
"Isabelle Lehn has basically written the feminist answer to [...] ‘The Godfather’." - SWR lesenswert Quartett, Denis Scheck
"Such a cleverly constructed book [...]. It has pace, it's entertaining, it's crazy clever, it's well written"- SWR lesenswert Quartett, Nicola Steiner
"What a story! What a novel!" - Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Paul Jandl
"The artist thus delivers a psychogram of the highest quality, just like the most important representatives of Viennese modernism from Schnitzler to Broch once did." - MDR Kultur, Ulf Heise
"The novel follows the unstoppable rise of a woman who plays by the laws of men and wins the game." - Sächsische Zeitung, Karin Grossmann
"Isabelle Lehn tells the story of this unusual con artist so skilfully that all the pieces of the puzzle fit together to form a picture – but the character still retains her mystery. A shimmering piece of investigative literature." - Daniela Dröscher
"admire how confidently and excitingly the author Isabelle Lehn builds up her true-crime story." - Süddeutsche Zeitung, Marie Schmidt
"a breathtaking literary conjecture about a woman whose inconspicuousness obviously played into her hands" - Berliner Morgenpost, Valerie Bäuerlein
"Such a grandiose, witty novel about a true story" - DONNA, Maria-Christina Piwowarski
"The history of literature is full of male impostors – here comes a heroine who makes them all look pale." - Simon Urban
