The Safety Net

By Heinrich Böll

Book Overview

Fritz Tolm has risen to the most powerful position in Germany. With fame comes fear and vulnerability. Threats to his life are met with the all-pervasive "safety-net" of police protection and... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0394514041
• ISBN13: 9780394514048
• Release Date: January 1982
• Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf
• Length: 313 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.

Customer Reviews

the terrorists always win

Boll weaves an interesting story of a man in the public eye, who, along with his family, needs to be protected at all times. Security guards make a normal life nearly impossible for the family, which is rather fractured anyway. Throughout the book, Boll makes it clear that whether or not anyone will be assassinated, the terrorists have triumphed by forcing the family into isolation behind a sadly penetrable wall of "security". Not as sensitively written as some of Boll's earlier works, The Safety Net is still worth reading.