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the l+*-ife of Abel Rosenber@g, an out-o]-f/@) -work Am#)!eri/*can ci [rcus acrobat living in povert)[y=%`-str\ icken Berlin fo%_llow]ing ^German-y's @ defeat in W\ orld War$ I../ Wh+::en his brother commits suicide\@ , ?Abel[ seeks re
?fug!e in the#^_ apartment of an old acquaintanc% e Pro$^fess$_-or ^!V?*,:eregus. ;.Desperat;e to mak e ends?+\ meet in th
 e wa:r-ravaged: city, A-bel ta;kes a job ][in Veregus' clinic, -@;where he discovers% the horr:#`i(.fic truth behi  n.
d the wor\k of t [he s$.trangely!# benef-icent prof%.esso,r )+and u*
nlocks!*_ =th#_e chilling ?`mystery%+:= that drove h\is bro/;%t.)her t+, ]o k+\ill himse,[l*f.