Earlier this novel's main character had been betrayed by Otto Luders, having joined Luders' criminal organization following his release from Tegel Prison for the murder of a lover.
While tracking a murderer, and suspected of murder himself, this novel's main character is briefly protected by two angels. Strongly influenced by Ulysses, this novel drew on the theories expounded in its author's "The Spirit of the Naturalistic Age." At one point in this work, the main character joins a gang led by Fatty Pums, and is later pushed out of a moving car by another gang member, causing the eventual amputation of the main character's arm. Earlier this novel's main character had been betrayed by Otto Luders, having joined Luders' criminal organization following his release from Tegel Prison for the murder of a lover. Reinhold's murder of the main character's prostitute girlfriend Meize is the third "blow" suffered by this work's main character, who is interned in the Buch Asylum where he imagines himself in a confrontation with death and decides to reform his life. Turned into a 15-hour film by Rainer Fassbinder and set in the proletarian quarter of the title city, for 10 points, identify this novel which follows the adventures of Franz Biberkopf, the best-known work of Alfred Doblin.
While tracking a murderer, and suspected of murder himself, this novel's main character is briefly protected by two angels.
Berlin Alexanderplatz