Katharina Blum is attractive, intelligent, and hardworking. She finds herself at the center of a big-city scandal when she falls in love with a young radical on the run from the police. The city's leading newspaper wrongly portrays her as an immoral woman, a communist, and an atheist, making her the target of anonymous phone calls and sexual threats. Her life is gradually unraveled by the distortions of a corrupt press interested only in the most juicy story. This is a gripping and unforgettable novel by a Nobel Prize winner.