Title: Billard um halb zehn
First published: 1959
Description: 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 by creating a rigorous routine for himself, which includes a daily game of billiards.
Subjects: Social life and customs, Fiction, Social conditions, Manners and customs, Fiction, general, German fiction, Reconstruction (1939-1951)
Places: Germany
Time periods: 1945-, 20th century