Video: The Last Place - Sherko Fatah’s new novel

Cover of Sherko Fatah's "Der letzte Ort" (Photo: Luchterhand)

Sherko Fatah was born and raised in East Berlin. His father was a Kurd from Iraq who came to communist East Germany to attend university - but then he fell in love and remained. Sherko Fatah still has many fond memories of his visits to northern Iraq as a boy. His latest novel tells of beginnings of the Islamic State terror group - a story that seems to anticipate today’s headlines.