Stephanie Taussig

The protagonist, Franz, copies the paintings of old masters. He slowly loses his sense of reality, resulting in angst-ridden fantasies and a desire for self-destruction. Franz has an uphill battle with the loss of values and spread of capitalism around him. He rejects advertising to the point of destroying its manifestations.

Through his work at a morgue, an incarcerated young man trying to build a new life starts to come to terms with the crime he committed.