About the book: 1960 / I am often asked if the novel “The Magician” is autobiographical. I answer: the most improbable episodes described in this book are based on experiences, nevertheless , which does not seem implausible, is composed. I wanted to write a book directed against that damned German Innerlichkeit - immersion in the inner world, to which I was once subject. I wanted to help the Germans learn the socio-historical truth and free themselves from all kinds of hypocrisy.