Weights and Measures (Peter Owen Modern Classic)
Published in Amsterdam in 1934 and translated into English in  1982, this book offers the perils of Eibensch tz, who, on the  urging of his wife, takes a job as a weights and measures  inspector. He soon learns that his wife is cheating on him, he  has no hope of being effective in his post owing to criminal activity, and the woman to whom his own affections have strayed  is sleeping with the area's leading smuggler.Copyright 2002 Reed Business Information, Inc.