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The director of a high school is found murdered in a southern German town. Suspicion quickly turns to the teacher Alexander Strasser, who has been in conflict with the director for a long time. Strasser was at school that evening until shortly before the murder. However, he cannot provide an alibi.
Did he kill the rector, perhaps in anger? To avoid arrest, he flees to Spain, making himself doubly suspicious.
His friend Winfried is convinced of his innocence and gets him false papers. However, when Winfried learns that traumatic experiences of violence shaped Alexander's childhood, he increasingly has doubts.
A suspicion arises: Is Alex pursued by fantasies of violence and dominated by a hatred of authoritarian father figures? Are his childhood experiences so gripping that he murdered his principal?
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Murder at the Schiller Gymnasium (ebook)
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A love affair with a woman who is obviously taking advantage of him and who may be the mastermind behind the murder brings additional complications to the course of events.
Dramatic encounters with the police, an exchange of gunfire and another death force the teacher to continue his seemingly hopeless escape.
An exciting novel that also takes a critical look behind the scenes of German teachers' rooms and gives insights into the dark side of being a teacher.
The author himself taught at a high school. His caustic criticism of the school system, with its often inadequate conditions, is therefore no coincidence.
The theme of friendship runs through the novel as a positive counter-moment, which will fascinate readers of all ages, regardless of whether they remember their own school days or not.
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