In one scene of this novel, the protagonist drunkenly dreams of a black scorpion and a leg in a box, among other things.
In one scene of this novel, the protagonist drunkenly dreams of a black scorpion and a leg in a box, among other things. After a woman takes him shopping for a gramophone, the narrator is able to learn the foxtrot despite his stiff dancing. Another scene in this novel shows the narrator in a whirling hall of mirrors, which occurs after he skips a magic show advertised "FOR MADMEN ONLY" in order to buy a book. Although he has a three-week long affair with the beauty Maria, the protagonist is actually in love with Hermine. That love culminates in the protagonist's inviting Hermine and Pablo into the Magic Theater, after which the protagonist murders her. For ten points, name this novel centering on Harry Haller written by Herman Hesse.
In one scene of this novel, the protagonist drunkenly dreams of a black scorpion and a leg in a box, among other things.
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