The Man Who Watched The Trains Go By is a highly unusual study of a murderer. Grim, yet gay at times, it tells the story of a placid, chess-playing Dutchman who, bored with his dull, family life, suddenly decides to become notorious and to startle the world by appearing in the newspaper headlines.
 
			 
					 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
	 
		 
		 
		 
		 
		 
		 
		 
			