num_pages: 127
description: The setting is Danzig during World War II. The narrator recalls a boyhood scene in which a black cat pounces on his friend Mahlke€™s €œmouse€-his prominent Adam€™s apple. This incident sets off a wild series of events that ultimately leads to Mahlke€™s becoming a national hero. Translated by Ralph Manheim. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book
language: English
title: Cat & Mouse
titlecomplete: Cat & Mouse (English and German Edition)
characters: Joachim Mahlke, Oskar Matzerath
genres: Fiction, War, German Literature, Literature, Classics, Novels, Nobel Prize, Germany, Historical Fiction, 20th Century
ratings_count: 6505
places: Gdańsk
series: Die Danziger Trilogie
publisher: Amereon Limited