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I found it to be presumptuous and self-deprecating in its audacity. Seuss does little to develop the main character into anything more than a self-referential comic foil juxtaposed against the cold, cruel reality of Nazi-era Germany. The cadence of the prose offers a ray of insight into the turbulent period from which this work was hatched, but does little to uplift the reader beyond its base rhythmic monotony. On the whole it lacks the panache and deep moral insight of Suess's earlier work, Green Eggs and Ham, while at the same time falling short of Suess' later scathing social commentary of nepotism in the Soviet politburo, One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish. All-in-all, a worthwhile read but not devoid of its faults.