Pools, plastic palms, polar sun: Léon Portmann relaxes on a cruise ship passing through the Northeast Passage, now ice-free the whole year round. Climate catastrophe tourism complete with entertainment package, and with fish analogue on the menu. However, it serves to make the cracks in his relationship with Kathrin all the more apparent. ‘Glitch’ is a novel about separation and the end of humanity, an enigmatic swan song to the world.