What: Disguised as a nun, a woman named Magdalena kidnaps a priest at gunpoint. As they travel by motorcycle across Europe, she makes her extended, unrepentant confession.
Comparable to: It's funnier than you might think, though most of the humor is very deadpan. Like, Harold and Maude deadpan.
Representative quote: "The Frisian was of the opinion that you couldn't trust people, you had to distance yourself, keep as much space between you and them as possible. That should have made me stop and think ... that and the fact that when I met him he was lying in a coffin with a skull on his chest."
You might not like it if: You derive no enjoyment whatsoever from picturing a priest being held captive in the sidecar of a motorcycle.
How to get it: I read the English translation, not the original German text. If neither of those languages strike your fancy, I believe Lilian Faschinger's novel is also available in 15 others.
[Originally posted 5/13/11.]
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