Ferien für immer

Bernhard Lill of Der Spiegel wrote he did not understand the purpose of the book, which he called a "pseudo-tour guide" that is "filled, but not with content". He wrote that some of the anecdotes are funny, such as an obviously untrue story from a bar in Jerusalem where the authors witnessed Benjamin Netanyahu celebrating his election victory drunk and naked except for a Palestinian scarf. Lill criticised Kracht's writing style, which he said is influenced by Thomas Mann's long sentences but lack their content. He wrote that both authors fail to live up to their role models such as Peter Fleming and Evelyn Waugh.^[1] Ulla Biernat of Literaturkritik.de [de] wrote that the book, with its ironic subtitle, is made for "bored postmodern tourists". She summarised it as a book where places are "judged by the presence of other tourists and by the bizarreness of the hotels, restaurants and discos: tourist means a big minus, 'alcoholic's paradise' a fine plus".^[2]

• Kiepenheuer & Witsch