Ferdinand, the Man with the Kind HeartNewly translated by Michael Hofmann, this is the funny and touching final novel from the author of Child of All Nations. Bombed out Cologne after the war is a strange place to be. The black market in jam and corsets is booming, half destroyed houses offer opportunities for stealing doors and eggcups, and de Nazification parties are all the rage. Recently released from a prisoner of war camp, Ferdinand drifts around the city, strenuously avoiding his