num_pages: 224
description: Grieving over the death of his wife and disillusioned by the political corruption that surrounds him, Keetenheuve, a minor German politician, confronts the political and social turmoil surrounding him in a ravaged, post-war nation.
language: English
title: The Hothouse
titlecomplete: The Hothouse
characters: Elke, Korodin, Keetenheuve
genres: Fiction, Historical, Politics, German Literature, Literature, Classics, Novels, Germany, 20th Century, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 339
places: Bonn
series: Trilogy of Failure
publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc