The protagonist of this novel likes to sit on a stairway landing which contains an araucaria plant that he considers a symbol of "bourgeois cleanliness."  A character in this novel shoots the drivers of passing automobiles during a war between men and machines.  The protagonist of this novel commits a gaffe at a dinner party when he insults a portrait of Goethe owned by his host's wife, and afterwards dreams about meeting Goethe.  In another section of this novel, a man carrying a placard advertising "anarchist (*) evening entertainment" gives 
The protagonist of this novel likes to sit on a stairway landing which contains an araucaria plant that he considers a symbol of "bourgeois cleanliness."  A character in this novel shoots the drivers of passing automobiles during a war between men and machines.  The protagonist of this novel commits a gaffe at a dinner party when he insults a portrait of Goethe owned by his host's wife, and afterwards dreams about meeting Goethe.  In another section of this novel, a man carrying a placard advertising "anarchist (*) evening entertainment" gives a brochure to the protagonist, the text of which interrupts the novel and purports to be a treatise on the title figure. With the help of the jazz saxophonist Pablo, this novel's protagonist is able to enter a place marked "for madmen only."  The protagonist fulfills a prophecy given by Hermine when he stabs her to death inside the magic theater. For 10 points, name this novel in which the aging loner Harry Haller identifies himself with the title creature, a work of Herman Hesse.
The protagonist of this novel likes to sit on a stairway landing which contains an araucaria plant that he considers a symbol of "bourgeois cleanliness."  
{Der Steppenwolf}