The Expert's Assessment

In the summer of 1977 on a rural road just outside of Bonn, the national capital at the time, a car accident takes place in which not only fenders but also worlds crash into each other. The young RAF sympathizer Miriam Becker dies in her car, and the driver who caused the accident is nowhere to be found. A subordinate employee in the coroner's office won't let the case go; he has his own very personal reasons for giving it a closer look.

With The Expert's Assessment, Jennifer Daniel shows how vividly a graphic novel can portray society in post-war Germany. Narratively as well as graphically, she sketches an impressive portait of a man who tries to drown his memories in alcohol. Until a young woman dies.