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Das Treibhaus (English: The Hothouse) is a 1953 novel by the German author Wolfgang Koeppen. It is the second work in what has become known as the "Trilogy of Failure", a series of three novels examining postwar West German society. Set during the Cold War and the debate over West German rearmament, the novel takes place largely in Bonn, the capital of the Federal Republic of Germany.

First published in Germany in 1953, the novel was not translated into English until 2001, when Michael Hofmann's translation was published by W. W. Norton & Company. The English translation was named a Notable Book by The New York Times and one of the Best Books of the Year by the Los Angeles Times.