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Tristesse Royale, a famous example of so-called German »pop literature«, is the result of a very particular creative process: In April 1999, the writers and journalists Joachim Bessing, Christian Kracht, Eckhart Nickel, Alexander von Schönburg and Benjamin von Stuckrad-Barre tape-recorded their conversations during a three-day meeting at the Hotel Adlon in Berlin. Following this gathering, Bessing...