GRM

Every day, another Western country becomes autocratic. Algorithms replacing humans are in the air as a threat. Great Britain, where capitalism was once invented, has now perfected it. But four children are not playing along - they are playing against the rules. And they do so with all consistency. Welcome to the world of GRM. Sibylle Berg's new novel begins in Rochdale, UK, where neoliberalism has done a particularly thorough job. The heroes: four children who know nothing but the reality of the failed state. Their food comes from private charities, their parents have long since given up. The hope they take refuge in is grime, or GRM for short. Grime is the biggest musical revolution since punk. Grime produces new YouTube stars every day, grime always provides new role models. When the four realize that there is no hope for them at home, they set off for London. Here, the promise of the future seems to have come true. Everyone who has a registration chip implanted receives a wonderful basic income. The population lives in a perfect surveillance dictatorship. Only the antisocial, outlaw scum are left on the streets. But the four children - who are almost no longer children - try to survive outside the system. They start their own kind of revolution.