- Published: 31 January 2019
- ISBN: 9780241370391
- Imprint: Penguin eBooks
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 112
The Train Was on Time
Formats & editions
- Published: 31 January 2019
- ISBN: 9780241370391
- Imprint: Penguin eBooks
- Format: EBook
- Pages: 112
Böll combines a mammoth intelligence with a literary outlook that is masterful and unique
Joseph Heller, author of Catch-22
From the moment I stepped on board the troop train with Private Andreas, concerns pertaining to my own world fell away completely. Holding this impelling book is tantamount to holding the young soldier's fate in one's hands. It is impossible to let go.
Claire-Louise Bennett, author of 'Pond'
His work reaches the highest level of creative originality and stylistic perfection
Daily Telegraph
My most-admired contemporary novelist
John Ashbery
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