Going to the dogs : the story of a moralist
Kästner, Erich, 1899-19742013
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Set in Berlin after the Wall Street crash of 1929 and before the Nazi takeover, the years of rising unemployment when major banks and companies were in collapse. The moralist in question is Jakob Fabian, 'aged 32, profession variable, at present advertising copywriter, 17 Schaperstrasse, weak heart, brown hair', a young man with an excellent education but no prospects - permanently condemned, so far as anyone can see, to a low-paid job without security in the short or the long run.
Main title:
Going to the dogs : the story of a moralist / Erich Kästner ; introduction by Rodney Livingstone ; translated by Cyrus Brooks.
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Imprint:
New York : New York Review ; London : Frances Lincoln [distributor], 2013.
Collation:
280 p. ; 21 cm.
Notes:
Translated from the German.
ISBN:
9781590175842 (pbk)
Dewey class:
833.912
Language:
EnglishGerman
BRN:
646162
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