Table of Contents Title Page Dedication PROLOGUE DEATH AND CHOCOLATE BESIDE THE RAILWAY LINE THE ECLIPSE THE FLAG PART ONE - the grave digger’s handbook ARRIVAL ON HIMMEL STREET GROWING UP A SAUMENSCH THE WOMAN WITH THE IRON FIST THE KISS - (A Childhood Decision Maker) THE JESSE OWENS INCIDENT THE OTHER SIDE OF SANDPAPER THE SMELL OF FRIENDSHIP THE HEAVY WEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE SCHOOL-YARD PART TWO - the shoulder shrug A GIRL MADE OF DARKNESS THE JOY OF CIGARETTES THE TOWN WALKER DEAD LETTERS HITLER’S BIRTHDAY, 1940 100 PERCENT PURE GERMAN SWEAT THE GATES OF THIEVERY BOOK OF FIRE PART THREE - meinkampf THE WAY HOME THE MAYOR’S LIBRARY ENTER THE STRUGGLER THE ATTRIBUTES OF SUMMER THE ARYAN SHOPKEEPER THE STRUGGLER, CONTINUED TRICKSTERS THE STRUGGLER, CONCLUDED PART FOUR - the standover man THE ACCORDIONIST - (The Secret Life of Hans Hubermann) A GOOD GIRL A SHORT HISTORY OF THE JEWISH FIST FIGHTER THE WRATH OF ROSA LIESEL’S LECTURE THE SLEEPER THE SWAPPING OF NIGHTMARES PAGES FROM THE BASEMENT PART FIVE - the whistler THE FLOATING BOOK (Part I) THE GAMBLERS - (A SEVEN-SIDED DIE) RUDY’S YOUTH THE LOSERS SKETCHES THE WHISTLER AND THE SHOES THREE ACTS OF STUPIDITY - BY RUDY STEINER THE FLOATING BOOK (Part II)