In his first monographic publication, a consistently conceived and designed artist's book, Matthias Aschauer casually paints a picture of Albania using the medium of selective perception. He starts from the observation that the Mercedes car brand has an unusually high level of distribution in the country and uses the cars - objets trouvés in the best sense - as a design principle for his pictures and as a consistent narrative pattern for the book. We see a fascinating country in transition to a market economy, with Mercedes vehicles in every picture, but it becomes clear that the Mercedes star as a symbol and promise for a better life does not only shine in Albania. For enthusiasts and connoisseurs, the book is also an opportunity to see the Mercedes types and model series from the last 40 years, meticulously listed in the picture titles, in exotic everyday situations. David Staretz, Austria's most gifted author for everything spiritual and material about cars, delves into the depths of the Mercedes myth in his text.