Billiards at half past nine

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

Times: 1945-,  20th century