In order to contact his father late in the novel the protagonist has to deal with his dad's mistress Bella Brosen, who ignores him.
In order to contact his father late in the novel the protagonist has to deal with his dad's mistress Bella Brosen, who ignores him. Earlier on he remembers his encounters with the neighborhood fascist Herbert, who is now an upstanding citizen, and also recalls the success he had working on the road, as well as the memory of his dead sister, Henrietta. Ultimately, the character cannot reconcile his true love's need to raise their family as Catholics with the horrors that his fellow countrymen committed in World War II. When Marie eventually leaves him he cannot get over it and the novel ends with Hans Schnier living as a common beggar at the Bonn train station. For 10 points, identify this work about a comic performer by Heinrich Boll.
In order to contact his father late in the novel the protagonist has to deal with his dad's mistress Bella Brosen, who ignores him.
{The Clown}