At sixty-five, Baron Wenckheim, burdened by substantial gambling debts in his Buenos Aires exile, resolved in his twilight years to return to the small Hungarian provincial town of his birth. There he hoped to reunite with Marika, his childhood sweetheart. Upon hearing of the Baron's impending return, the townspeople assumed he possessed immense wealth and planned to donate it to the community. Endless rumors, swindlers, and local political intrigues painted a picture of the town's monotonous yet absurd existence.
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