false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170714690m/69882.jpg 69882 17 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. 67709 1959 Billiards at Half-Past Nine (Penguin Classics) total:202|5:61|4:79|3:50|2:12|1:4| 202 782 362 19 5 2 false false Sun Sep 07 14:19:03 -0700 2008 Sun Sep 07 14:28:59 -0700 2008 But I gave it a rest, then plunged into the middle and, as in other cases, it became easy to like and impossible not to care about. I...more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Nov 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Oct 28 05:01:01 -0700 2009 Sun Nov 29 13:11:14 -0800 2009
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Heinrich Boll was a brilliant mystery writer. Moreover, he was capable of writing mysteries unlike anything seen before, mysteries that turned the genre on its head. He was also capable of expanding the mystery genre so that it not o...more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1999 Mon Sep 14 19:31:05 -0700 2009 Mon Sep 14 19:31:41 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun Feb 15 06:42:00 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 15 09:00:13 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Sun May 17 21:37:30 -0700 2009 Sun May 17 21:47:37 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sat Feb 21 18:19:38 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 21 18:21:43 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 02 09:46:27 -0800 2008 Thu Apr 10 18:53:01 -0700 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Fri Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2005 Fri Aug 03 13:36:32 -0700 2007 Fri Aug 03 13:36:32 -0700 2007



Here, Heinrich Boll explores feelings of guilt over the failure of German society to prevent the acts of the Nazi regime. There is a compelling creation-destruction opposition carried out between the generations, juxtaposing t...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Jul 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 11 16:16:48 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 11 16:17:46 -0700 2009 4 0 false false Tue Feb 03 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Jan 15 20:35:39 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 03 14:19:23 -0800 2009 0 0 false false Tue Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Thu Nov 08 05:28:41 -0800 2007 Thu Nov 08 05:28:41 -0800 2007 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue May 13 14:44:30 -0700 2008 Tue Nov 04 15:06:41 -0800 2008 ]]> 5 0 false false Thu Jul 24 10:59:03 -0700 2008 Thu Jul 24 11:03:59 -0700 2008 2 0 false false Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Nov 04 10:21:28 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 02 22:09:07 -0800 2009 4 0 false false Mon Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 1998 Fri Jan 25 16:00:13 -0800 2008 Fri Jan 25 16:49:31 -0800 2008 How German Is It? for a one-two of classic novels about Germans coming to terms with Germany's Nazi years in the decades after the war.]]> 1 0 false false Tue Jul 22 11:55:16 -0700 2008 Tue Jul 22 11:56:33 -0700 2008 3 0 false false Sun Feb 01 21:09:21 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 30 14:52:09 -0800 2009 2 0 false false Wed Aug 22 15:14:28 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 06 07:12:09 -0700 2007 0 0 false false Wed Jan 28 04:48:12 -0800 2009 Tue Jul 07 06:39:07 -0700 2009 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=69882