Marriage in Philippsburg

Marriage in Philippsburg (Ehen in Philippsburg), also published in English as The Gadarene Club, is the debut novel of the German writer Martin Walser, published in 1957.

Plot
The young man Hans Beumann leaves the countryside to try his luck in the city of Philippsburg (a fictionalized version of Stuttgart).

Reception
Der Spiegel said Walser describes the phrases and power struggles of contemporary careerists "with sincere astonishment, but without reformatory zeal", exhibiting a "fair, albeit resigned disaffection".

The novel was awarded the Hermann-Hesse-Literaturpreis.

Adaptation
Stephan Kimmig wrote a play based on the novel that premiered at the Schauspiel Stuttgart in 2017.