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Description edit
It is 1967 and two Viennese university students want to liberate the Vienna Zoo, as was done after World War II. But their good intentions have both comic and gruesome consequences, in this first novel written by a twenty-five year old John Irving, already a master storyteller. From the... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Siggy: Add a description of this character.
- Hannes Graff
- Gallen
- Zahn Glanz
- O. Schrutt
- Gottlob Wut
- Grandfather Marter
- Vratno
- Todor Slivnica
- Wallner
- Karlotta
- Hilke
- Herr Faber
- Hugel Furtwangler
- Gortz
- Kurt Von Schuschnigg
- Bronsky
- Orestic
- Grandmother
- Hitler
- Keff
- Wirt
- Gippel
- Ernst Watzek-trummer
- Drazha Mihailovich
- Katrina Marek
- Herr Ruhr
- Hinley Gouch
- Frau Tratt
- Mama
- Herr Javotnik
- Kell
- Benno Blum
- Lennhoff
- Ustashi
- O. Schrum
Setting & Locations edit
- Vienna
- Austria
- Kaprun
- Germany
- Serbo-croat
- Italy
- Maribor
- Waidhofen
- Yugoslavia
- Slovenjgradec
- Small Mammal House
- Salzburg
- St. Leonhard
- Seyss-inquart
- Dabrinka
- Hietzing
- Balkan
- America
- Berlin
- Hungary
- Smartin Street
- Gavro
- Slovenia
- Russia
- Rathaus Park
- Maxing Park
- Schwindgasse
- Paris
- Jesenje
- Gasthof
- Freina
- Belgrade
- Klostemeuburg
- Slivnicas
First Sentence edit
I could find him every noon, sitting on a bench in the Rathaus Park with a small, fat bag of hothouse radishes in his lap and a bottle of beer in one hand.
Authors & Contributors edit
- John Irving (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Random House
Country: United States
Publication Date: 1968
ISBN: 0-345-21812-4
Page Count: 335
Publisher: Random House
Country: United States
Publication Date: 1968
ISBN: 0-345-21812-4
Page Count: 335
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: PZ4.I714 Se PS3559.R8
- Dewey: 813.54
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