description: 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.
language: English
title: Billiards at Half-Past Nine
titlecomplete: Billiards at Half-Past Nine
characters: Nettlinger, Robert Faehmel, Schrella
genres: Fiction, 20th Century, Classics, German Literature, Nobel Prize, Germany, War, Historical Fiction, Literature, Novels
ratings_count: 4299
places: Germany
publisher: Peter Smith Publisher