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  • The Life and Travails of the 'Piano Man'

    08/31/2005 6:38:36 PM PDT · by FairOpinion · 16 replies · 685+ views
    Der Spiegel ^ | Aug. 30-31, 2005 | JÜRGEN DAHLKAMP, GERALD DRISSNER, GUNTHER LATSCH, ROMAN PLETTER, ANDREAS ULRICH
    For four and a half months, the identity of the "Piano Man" remained a mystery to the world. He was found on a beach in England and spent months in the hospital. Now, the details are emerging: Andreas Grassl was a young man who desperately wanted to flee his suffocatingly provincial home town in the Bavarian forest. He was also trying to escape life as his family lived it. In summer 2000, the newspaper of Robert Schumann High School -- in the Bavarian town of Cham -- started a new column: "Burn - the List of My Enemies." The author,...