Albert Drach has often been associated with the grotesque, his works an expression of uncompromising cynicism and relentless criticism of existing social orders. The everyday banalities of culturally produced grotesquerie and horror are recurring thematic topoi of his prose work. Characteristic for Drachís use of the grotesque is also the distinct lack of pathos in the comically vivisecting gaze of the narrating perspective, whether focalised through the innocent but discerning eyes of a young child.