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... slush and filth and blood into a city with streets, lamps, lights, shops, and women; where there are fine hotel rooms and white bathtubs, and a man can soak himself and scour off all the dirt; where is soft music and terraces and cool, rich wine! ... This book was published in 1930, and Remarque, of course, had no way of knowing what lay ahead. Someoneâ€"I believe it was Sheila O'Malleyâ€"once observed that a good test of a novel is whether you wonder what happened to the ...