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      The Clown

      by Heinrich Boll
      Published
      Dec 1972
      Main Genre
      General Fiction General Fiction
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      248
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      Acclaimed entertainer Hans Schneir collapses when his beloved Marie leaves him because he won't marry her within the Catholic Church. The desertion triggers a searing re-examination of his life—the loss of his sister during the war, the demands of his millionaire father and the hypocrisies of his mother, who first fought to "save" Germany from the Jews, then worked for "reconciliation"
      afterwards.

      Heinrich Böll's gripping consideration of how to overcome guilt and live up to idealism—how to find something to believe in—gives stirring evidence of why he was such an unwelcome presence in post-War German consciousness . . . and why he was such a necessary one.

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      First Edition Dec 1972 Signet ISBN13 9780451052063 ISBN10 0451052064
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      Jan 1965 Marion Boyars Publishers ISBN13 9780714501680 ISBN10 0714501689
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      Mar 1966 Signet ISBN13 9780451027832 ISBN10 0451027833
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      Oct 1975 Avon ISBN13 9780380003334 ISBN10 0380003333
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      Jun 1994 Penguin ISBN13 9780140187267 ISBN10 014018726X
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