To punish "buffaloes" who collaborated with the Nazi regime, the protagonist of this novel engineers the destruction of St. Anthony's Abbey, which had been designed by his father Heinrich.
A character in this novel wails the phrase "whywhywhy" for years after the death of her son. Two characters in this novel imagine refusing to attend a consecration ceremony because they are "not reconciled," a phrase which titles this book's film adaptation. The day she leaves the mental hospital where she had stayed for eighteen years, a woman in this novel steals a pistol from a gardener, fires into a parade, and mistakenly wounds a minister. This novel ends with its central family cutting into a cake shaped like a building to celebrate its patriarch's 80th birthday. To punish "buffaloes" who collaborated with the Nazi regime, the protagonist of this novel engineers the destruction of St. Anthony's Abbey, which had been designed by his father Heinrich. For 10 points, identify this novel titled for the pastime of architect Robert Faehmel ("FEH-mul") written by Heinrich Böll.
A character in this novel wails the phrase "whywhywhy" for years after the death of her son.
Billiards at Half-Past Nine [or Billard um halb zehn] &lt;Long Fiction&gt;