Bibliograph

Billiards at half-past nine, Heinrich Böll ; translated from the German by Patrick Bowles

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Billiards at half-past nine, Heinrich Böll ; translated from the German by Patrick Bowles

Language

eng

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no index present

Literary Form

fiction

Main title

Billiards at half-past nine

Responsibility statement

Heinrich Böll ; translated from the German by Patrick Bowles

Summary

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

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