The Capital: A "House of Cards" for the E.U. - Couverture rigide

A traditional novel, broadshouldered,
omniscient, almost Balzac-ian, but with terrorism part of a plot centered
satirically around an all-too-plausible Brussels
idea.

(Steven Erlanger New York Times Book Review)

An elegantly written, brilliantly constructed novel, full of discussion points and ideas (Andreas Isenschmid Die Zeit 2017-09-07)

A major jubilee project is planned to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the EU commission. Menasse develops his sophisticatedly constructed story, in which nothing is random, around the preparations (Paul Jandl Neue Zürcher Zeitung 2017-09-09)

The politically engaged intellectual proves himself to be an uncompromising and indeed passionate storyteller. A storyteller, moreover, who handles his material so confidently and with such ease that you swiftly forget the complexities of the figures he describes. After almost 500 pages you are astonished to have already come to the end (Tobias Lehmkuhl Süddeutsche Zeitung 2017-09-09)

Writers like Robert Menasse need a wider audience and be given the opportunity to reconnect politicians with intellectuals (Björn Hayer Spiegel Online 2017-09-11)