Florian Dietmaier

Florian Dietmaier

Born in Graz in 1985, where he still lives. He studied German studies and published reviews, among others in schreibkraft, as well as literary texts in the journal manuskripte. In 2019, he received the manuskripte Förderpreis of the City of Graz. The Compromises is his debut novel, which in 2024 was awarded the Peter Rosegger Prize of the State of Styria for best debut and was shortlisted for the Literature Prize of the City of Fulda.

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The down-and-out private detective Frank struggles in Arizona in 1952 not only against the sweltering heat, but above all with his memories. What really happened back then in Eisenerz, Styria? After the First World War, political turmoil prevailed—where had Frank been pulling strings that forced him to flee headlong to the United States? And how is everything connected? A noir novel that skillfully intertwines true crime and fiction.

Photo: Helmut Lunghammer