Despair

April, 1966

Synopsis: For months, our narrator Hermann, a narcissistic chocolate merchant, has planned the murder of his double, the wanderer Felix. His motives: desperation and greed. Hermann is facing bankruptcy: to escape its maw he will kill Felix, change clothes with him, then hide out. When Felix' body is discovered, the police will think it is Hermann who is dead. Eventually Hermann's "widow" Lydia will collect his life-insurance money and join him in France, where together they shall live...