A review by pdxpiney
Group Portrait With Lady by Heinrich Böll

adventurous challenging dark funny slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

Social satire of Germany around the Second World War. Dense, slow, droll, detailed, with a huge cast of colorful characters: Dickensian? So many unreliable/human narrators!