The title character of another novel by this author has a father named Alfons who retires from running a coal company to become a consummate talk show guest.
In one work by this author, a committee uses garbage trucks to create a huge traffic jam to assist the title character in paying her debts before the arrival of a bailiff. The title character of another novel by this author has a father named Alfons who retires from running a coal company to become a consummate talk show guest. The former Hitler Youth leader Herbert Kalick is hit by the performer Hans Schnier in that book by this man, who also wrote a novel in which the Faehmel family reconciles over a cake designed as a replica of St. Anthony's Abbey. For 10 points, name this German author of Group Portrait with a Lady, The Clown, and Billiards at Half-Past Nine.
In one work by this author, a committee uses garbage trucks to create a huge traffic jam to assist the title character in paying her debts before the arrival of a bailiff.
Heinrich {Böll}