The Holligan - Softcover

Nassauer, Rudolph

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1853981583 ISBN 13: 9781853981586

Publisher: GARDNERS VI BOOKS AMS006, 2010

Synopsis

Originally published in 1960 by Peter Owen, The Hooligan is a masterful psychological exploration of the making of a Nazi. Andreas Febler, the Head Clerk of the Town Council struggles with his own inadequacies and guilt. He is seduced by the beyond-good-and-evil preachings of the Lumpenhunde (lower-class ruffians) and eventually becomes the deputy commandant of a concentration camp. Rich in symbolism and written in a unique English style, the novel challenges and compels the reader to profoundly experience the phantasmagorical psyche of Andreas Febler.

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About the Author

Rudolph Nassauer was born in Frankfurt-am-Main in 1924. In 1939, he came to England with his family and was educated at St Paul's School. In 1947, Methuen published a volume of his poetry. The Hooligan was followed by the novels: The Cuckoo (1961); The Examination (1973); The Unveiling (1975); Agents of Love (1976); Reparations (1981); and Kramer's Goats (1986). He deid in 1996

Review

Only in Rudolph Nassauer's neglected novel, The Hooligan is there anything that cuts as deep.George Steiner, writing about Gunter Grass' The Tin Drum Iris Murdoch wrote: A most distinguished and important book - a penetrating study of the nature of violence and cruelty, it concerns the basis of a sane society as well as the phenomenon of a mad one. I think it is a book of great power and beauty but also of importance for our imaginative understanding of the world we are living in.Elias Canetti wrote: The first presentation of a Nazi which belongs to literature. Every stage of the book is a profound as it is exciting. The boldness of Mr Nassauer's feat is astonishing. It can never be repeated or imitated. The events of our century are brought back into the world of Dostoevsky.

Edition details

• Publisher: GARDNERS VI BOOKS AMS006
• Publication date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1853981583
• ISBN 13: 9781853981586
• Binding: Paperback