Small Circus, Paperback

Paperback. Pub Date :2013-03-28 Language: English Publisher: Penguin PressClassics A Small Circus is a powerful 1931 portrayal of a German town on the brink of chaos. from bestselling author Hans Fallada (writer of Alone in Berlin) It is. summer. 1929. and in a small German town a storm is brewing The shabby reporter Tredup leads a precarious existence working for the Pomeranian Chronicle -.. until he takes some photographs that offer the chance to make a fortune In Krugers bar. the farmers are plotting their revenge on greedy officials A mysterious travelling salesman from Berlin. Henning. is stirring up trouble -.. but no one knows why Meanwhile the Nazis grow stronger and the Communists fight them in the streets And at the centre of it all. the. Mayor. Fatty Gareis. seeks the easy life even as events spiral beyond his control. As tensions erupt between workers and bosses....