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I love the themes that Böll explores so cleverly. His writing has not lost any of its bite in the forty years since it was written. If anything, the way he explores the infamy the press can so callously bestow, is more apposite now than then. That any individual can court notoriety remains a mysterious motivation to me, but the advent of social media has made instant vilification commonplace. The dentist who shot Cecil the lion, for example, or the woman who joked about sexual diseases in Africa
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I actually enjoyed this book, probably because although written in 1974, it still seems to be very relevant. To me, our media is just out of control. It seems that currently they will do just about anything to get a story and that is basically what this story is about. The book, which is rather short, is actually a flashback explaining the opening scenes. Katharina meets a man at a party, feels attracted and leaves the party with him. The following day she is questioned by the police who tell he
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