The face of a clown is the face of innocence, and innocence goes to the wall in German society after the Second World War, when double-dealing and double standards became a way of life. Heinrich Boll's clown is a professional entertainer in his late twenties who has reached the end of his tether: an unhappy drunk abandoned by the woman he loves, too honest and disillusioned to compromise, he sits in his lonely furnished flat and calls for help or consolation of any kind. For this is a study in hypocrisy - emotional, sexual, religious and political - where the majority are smugly blinkered and the rest are caught in a trap they fail to understand, let alone escape.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
MARION Boyars Publishers LTD
ISBN-13
9780714501680
eBay Product ID (ePID)
90256225
Product Key Features
Book Title
The Clown
Author
Heinrich Boll
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Books
Publication Year
1965
Number of Pages
247 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
200mm
Item Width
140mm
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Heinrich Boll
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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