Wolf Among Wolves

Translated by Philip Owens. Green cloth bit worn on edges. Times Book Club stamp / owner's name on endpapers. " a sprawling saga of the collapse of a culture - its economy and government - and the common man's struggle to survive it all. Set in Weimar Germany soon after Germany's catastrophic loss of World War I, the story follows a young gambler who loses all in Berlin, then flees the chaotic city, where worthless money and shortages are causing pandemonium. Once in the countryside, however, he finds a defeated German army that has camped there to foment insurrection. Somehow, amidst it all, he finds romance" (goodreads) 3B8.