Brandner Kasper has achieved an almost cult following in Munich theaters and deservedly so. It tells the story of a Bavarian who managers to get Death drunk on schnapps and then cheats him at cards in order to win an extra 15 years of life.

It is clever, funny, and perfectly Bavarian. This e-book edition is particularly well done. It contains the original 19th century story from Kobell as well as the stage treatment from the 1980s.

It is, of course, written in hard-core Bavarian which makes it a challenge for non-Bavarians. The dialect, however, very much adds to the atmosphere and makes the story even more endearing. ( )