The self-destruction of a man

Author: Konstanczik
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Publish Date: 2003-01-01
Features: Robert Barthes (nickname Pobbe) is a playboy who is about to inherit a fortune but is naive. Due to the influence of his family and surroundings, he becomes a contradictory and often self-dissipating person, cruel and vicious. He rape the family maid, company women, deal with dead bodies, burn his friends in cars—all to display his power. After multiple crimes, the Barthes family goes to any length to escape culpability and preserve the family's clean reputation, even to the point of killing witnesses. In the end, Barthes follows the self-destructive path laid out by his family and dies from an overdose of drugs.
With unique ideas, delicate brushwork, and a twisting plot, the author portrays the process of a Western youth from decadence to crime, and ultimately to death. The author of this book, H.G. Konstanczik, is a contemporary German best-selling novel writer who has written over 100 popular novels, translated into various languages, and published worldwide, gaining immense popularity among readers.