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100 Must-Reads

DW book expert David Levitz about 'Going to the Dogs' by Erich Kästner

Kästner had written several wildly popular children's books before publishing a work of adult fiction. Critics blasted Erich Kästner's 'Going to the Dogs.' The Nazis even burned the novel.

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