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Santa chose the perfect present for a penguin fan like me when he put Planet Penguin in my stocking at Christmas.

The person who is not religious reading this former believer's journey to a lack of faith can be tempted to ask: "What took you so long?"

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At first sight, Lysander Rief, standing on the corner of the Augustiner Strasse in 1913 Vienna, looks like a hero.