The volume presents an introduction to the work of the writer Leo Perutz (1882–1957). Each of the ten chapters deals with one of Perutz’ novels, from Die dritte Kugel [The third bullet] through to Der Judas des Leonardo [Leonardo’s Judas]. In addition to the textual analyses, the volume contains a hitherto unpublished novella and a comprehensive bibliography. In its approach, the volume makes a case for a way of dealing with literary texts which combines structuralist and hermeneutical traditions. Each of the chapters proceeds from a reconstruction of the structure of a text to its interpretation.