. "Variations on the Beast"@en . . . . "Variations on the beast" . . "Fiction"@en . . . "A compelling and disturbing novel set amid the rise of the Nazis. Its protagonist, by implication the German people of the time, possesses astonishing feeling for the highest ideals of music, along with an appalling amorality of personal behavior."@en . . . . . . "Germany" . .