The Assault by Harry Mulisch is an episodic style novel about a Family living in Haarlem Holland during the second World War the whole familys life s changed by six shots that suddenly rang out these shots are heard because Fake Ploeg the Chief Inspector of Police being killed the dead body is then put in front of the Steenwijks house as Peter realises that his family may be accused of killing Fake Ploeg he runs out to move the body this is when the Germans catch him and even the author says th