The Safety Net (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Heinrich Boll
- First Published: 1979
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Social
- Time of Work: c. 1978
- Setting: West Germany
- Genres: Long fiction, Social realism
- Subjects: 1970’s, Power, personal or social, Politics, Marriage, Fear, Success or failure, Newspapers, Terrorism or terrorists, Germany or German people
- Locales: West Germany
Characters Discussed
Fritz Tolm (tohlm), a wealthy newspaper owner in his mid-sixties who has just been elected president of the Association. As president of this organization, which represents the conservative interests of the West German business establishment, Tolm is catapulted into public prominence and is more vulnerable than ever as a symbolic target for the terrorists wishing to strike a blow at the West German system. Tolm, who experienced poverty in his youth, inherited a newspaper from his godfather toward the end of World War II. Although Tolm had a Ph.D. in art...
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