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Billard um halb zehn

by Heinrich Böll · 1959

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After being drawn into the Second World War to command retreating German forces despite his anti-Nazi feelings, Faehmel struggles to re-establish a normal life at war's end by creating a rigorous routine for himself, which includes a daily game of billiards.

Social life and customsFictionSocial conditionsManners and customsFiction, generalGerman fictionReconstruction (1939-1951)