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The murder happens on page 9. I didn't have to go back and check this as there is a reference to that location late in the book. The book is mostly a recounting of what leads to this murder. At a party, Katharina meets a man who, unknown to her, is wanted for bank robbery and murder. When the man disappears, apparently with Katharina's help, she herself becomes the newspaper story, with all the sensationalism we can imagine. Böll builds tension constantly. But he also gives us relief from the te
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Katharina Blum falls for a guy at a party who turns out to be a wanted criminal. After she takes him home for the night, her life is ruined by police attention and press hysteria.
Written in the 1970s amid the activity of the Red Army Faction gang of terrorists in Germany, this book is highly relevant again today.
Written in the 1970s amid the activity of the Red Army Faction gang of terrorists in Germany, this book is highly relevant again today.
Read for a German course towards the end of college.
Oct 13, 2007
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