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Mann, Confessions of Felix Krull, Confidence Man: Memoirs Part I.

Mann, Confessions of Felix Krull, Confidence Man: Memoirs Part I.

Mann, Thomas. Confessions of Felix Krull, Confidence Man: Memoirs Part I. Translated from the German by Denver Lindley. First British edition. London, Secker & Warburg, 1955. 13 x 20cm. 408 pages. Original clothbound hardcover. Mild foxing to edges and endpapers, slight lean, otherwise very good condition. Previous owner’s name on title page.

Thomas Mann’s Confessions of Felix Krull was first published by Fischer Verlag in 1954 as Bekenntnisse des Hochstaplers Felix Krull. This is the first British edition, published a year later in 1955. It is a parody of Goethe’s autobiography Poetry and Truth, particularly in its pompous tone.

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Mann, Confessions of Felix Krull, Confidence Man: Memoirs Part I.
Mann, Confessions of Felix Krull, Confidence Man: Memoirs Part I.

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