Der Heimatroman

Pulp-fiction satire with music

Rabid bulls, trigger-happy poachers, hot-blooded rivals, spiteful in-laws, breathtaking alpine-glow landscapes - that's the homeland as seen through the pulp novel. And it's always Bavarian. Happy ending guaranteed.

After programmes spoofing doctor novels and mum novels, Sister Cordula and her young forester Dirk on accordion turn their third show to the theme of Heimat. They work their way through nature, love and family ties - both literary and musically - and unearth some astonishing things along the way.

Hilarious. If it weren't so bitter. Because there is nothing in a Heimat novel that reality hasn't already outdone.