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The End of a Mission (1966)

by Heinrich Böll

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Poverty alleviation is high on the global policy agenda, its importance being emphasised by its place as the first of the United Nation's Millennium Development Goals. As a potentially significant source of economic growth in developing countries, tourism may also play a major role in poverty reduction and alleviation under the right circumstances. The incorporation of tourism into development policy and Poverty Reduction Strategies has special poignancy for those Least Developed Countries where natural resources exist to support a tourism industry and there are limited development alternat… (more)

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'The End of a Mission' is centred around an absurd criminal case in 1960s Germany, in which a father and son are accused (and do not deny) setting fire to an army jeep as a sort of avant garde protest against modern Germany. The trial is a cosy affair, ignored by the press at the request of the local government, and involving an incestuous group of friends and relations, acting for both sides safe in the knowledge that the outcome is pre-determined. A comic cast of characters is allowed to turn the trial into a comfortable charade.
'The End of a Mission' is a bit of a one-joke book, and I didn't find it particularly funny. The Boll I have read in the past is at his best when at his driest, and I don't think the sort of absurd humour he was attempting here suited him. It read like farce in places, which is never a good thing in my opinion. Humour is, of course, very subjective, but the book relied heavily on comic absurdity that just didn't work. The writing was also strangely dense, and for a very small book it was fairly hard work. There were a few moments where I could see the shoots of something deeper poking through, and at times he touched on some of the themes that made 'Katherine Blum' a fantastic book, but it was not often enough, or coherent enough for me.
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Böll, Heinrichprimary authorall editionsconfirmed
Vennewitz, LeilaTranslatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
Wielek-Berg, W.Translatorsecondary authorsome editionsconfirmed
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Presso la pretura di Birglar fu celebrato ai primi di autunno dell'anno passato un processo sul cui svolgimento l'opinione pubblica ebbe notizie molto scarse.
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Poverty alleviation is high on the global policy agenda, its importance being emphasised by its place as the first of the United Nation's Millennium Development Goals. As a potentially significant source of economic growth in developing countries, tourism may also play a major role in poverty reduction and alleviation under the right circumstances. The incorporation of tourism into development policy and Poverty Reduction Strategies has special poignancy for those Least Developed Countries where natural resources exist to support a tourism industry and there are limited development alternat

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