Yes-men, followers and obedient people are in the wrong place here. Hans Kroll's novel "Selbstverliebte Halbhirne" (Self-involved half-wits) has taken on the task of shooting across the bow on principle. Be it LGBTQIA+ or women's issues, the migration question or criminal offenses. In a critical and, above all, criticizing text that really takes aim at everyone, he deals with a potpourri of protagonists who are all somehow connected but do not want to be connected – especially not with the ladies, who are just as critical of Jürgen, Peter and Will as Kroll is of current politics. A text that challenges readers to reflect on the confusions of our time.