his first novel was "weiser dawidek". it was published in 1987. it made him famous in poland. it is about five young friends in gdańsk. polish literary critics called it a masterpiece and the most important polish literary work of the decade. "once one begins reading weiser dawidek, the book can hardly be put down. like "opowiadania", it is written with undeniably great talent." huelle was the polish winner of the samuel-bogumil-linde-preis for 2005.