„Es wird passiert sein werden“. Juan S. Guses „Tausendmal so viel Geld wie jetzt“ als Aktualisierung des New Journalism im Zeitalter der ‚Factions‘

Juan S. Guse’s “Tausendmal so viel Geld wie jetzt” (2025) presents a striking paradox: while its paratextual elements suggest a research-based text, the publisher S. Fischer categorizes it as fiction. Read against the backdrop of the “New Journalism” movement that emerged in the United States in the 1960s, the work blurs the boundaries between fact and fiction. As in his previous novels “Lärm und Wälder” and “Miami Punk,” Guse draws on and disrupts established genre traditions. Through literary techniques that immerse readers in the worlds of his protagonists, he seeks not merely to present facts but to “stage authenticity.” At the same time, this mode of writing functions as a diagnostic tool for our present: through the example of the crypto industry, Guse renders perceptible a world in which fact and fiction can no longer be clearly separated – an indistinction that itself becomes legible as a narrative principle within the text.