Three dollars novel

Author: (German) Brecht, translated by Gao Niansheng and others
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Publish Date: 2001-02-01
Features: The gang leader falls in love with the daughter of the beggar leader. The beggar leader unwilling to let his daughter "marry down" to the gang leader, reports him to the police. However, the police leader turns a blind eye to the gang leader while also colluding with the beggar leader.
Maximus the Robber is a notorious and strong gang leader in London, also a "businessman." The beggar leader Pumchum controls all the beggars in the city and is a notorious local strongman. The gang leader falls in love with the daughter of the beggar leader, Polly. At the wedding banquet, Chief of Police Brown arrives to congratulate them, revealing that the robbers and the police are actually one family. The beggar leader unwilling to let his daughter "marry down" to the gang leader, ends up reporting him. Despite Max's numerous crimes, the police leader Brown helps him at a critical moment, transforming him into a "banker." He then colludes with Pumchum to terrorize the city.
The novel is filled with brilliant satire and exceptional writing techniques, known as the "most important and profound satirical novel in the history of German literature."