June 10, 2008 & furthermore,
From the Daily Cal: “…Biberkopf’s punishment isn’t the time in jail but the reality of the Weimar era, a time of unemployment, decadence and criminal activity. It’s contemporary America, but without the literary elites who can blow countless hours a week leisure-reading by the fire (or leisure-watching in the study).”
And, Engineer’s Daughter is following along with us via Netflix, if you’d like to check in over there.
