Beware of Pity by Stefan Zweig #joyce The story centres on the

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Beware of Pity by Stefan Zweig #joyce The story centres on the'The most exciting book I have ever read a feverish, fascinating novel' Antony Beevor, Sunday Telegraph 'I can't take any more of your revolting merciful kindness!' Who would have thought that the great military hero Captain Hofmiller that living monument to his own courage would have anything burdening his soul? But when he reveals his story, it is not one of bravery but tragedy: a simple blunder at a dance from which disaster grows, ruining lives