Takis Würger

Takis Würger (born 1985) is a German investigative journalist, author, war correspondent and staff writer for the news magazine Der Spiegel, reporting from warzone locales such as Afghanistan, Libya, Ukraine, and throughout the Middle East.

After sleeping in the apartment of the renowned Salafist preacher Sven Lau and spending a couple of days with him, Würger had to flee the country for security reasons.

The Club begins with the childhood memories of one of the several first-person narrators in Germany, but is set primarily years later in the UK.

It was hotly debated by critics and provoked legal questions regarding the rights of the heirs of the real person the story was based on.

[7] Würger's third novel is based on the real-life story of the French-born Holocaust survivor and Israeli journalist Noah Klieger.