Oh, thanks for the review! This really sounds very good, I'll be looking out for it. (Also, scarily timely for it to be presented right now.)

(Re: Fabian: we read it in 12th grade IIRC, and it has remained one of my favourite novels about the Weimarer Republik. It's not very well-known, is it? Most people seem to think of Kästner as the children's books author.)