About the book: 2004 / Adolf Muschg (b. 1934) is the largest living writer in Switzerland, a master of psychologically nuanced, witty and ironic prose. The hero of the novel “Zutter’s Happiness”, after the death of his wife and the attempt on his life, tries to understand what happened, goes through his life in his memory and comes to the conclusion that he is to blame for his misadventures, that he is not only a victim, but also a criminal. “Zutter’s Happiness” - a deep novel full of topical content about love and loneliness, fidelity and treachery, truth and lies, aging and death - about the fact that everything in this life at any moment can turn into its opposite.