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Billiards at Half-Past Nine

by Heinrich Boll · 1959

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Heinrich Boll's well-known, vehement opposition to fascism and war informs this moving story of Robert Faehmel. 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. He adheres to a rigorous schedule, including a daily game of billiards. When his routine is breached by an old friend, now a power in German reconstruction, Faehmel is forced to confront both public and private memories.

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war and militarywar and militaryMore like thisLess of thisliterary fictionliterary fictionMore like thisLess of thishistorical fictionhistorical fictionMore like thisLess of thisWorld War IIWorld War IIMore like thisLess of this
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20th century20th centuryMore like thisLess of thisWorld War IIWorld War IIMore like thisLess of thisGermanyGermanyMore like thisLess of thisEuropeEuropeMore like thisLess of thisEuropeanEuropeanMore like thisLess of this
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adult
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medium · 288 pages

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