Goodbye to Berlin

1930s Berlin is a realm of glamour and sleaze, excess and repression. Having moved to the city to work on his novel, Christopher finds himself immersed in a world of contradiction. He becomes enamoured with the local denizens and the colourful lives they lead, meeting an English upper-class waif, the delightfully decadent Sally Bowles; a couple - Peter and Otto - who are struggling with their sexual identities; and a distinguished and doomed Jewish family, the Landauers. With the Nazis rising to power, Christopher's Berlin is a sparkling city perched on the edge of an abyss. 'Isherwood is a master' Evening Standard 'Brilliant sketches of a society in decay' George Orwell 'Reading this novel is much like overhearing anecdotes in a crowded bar while history knocks impatiently at the windows' Guardian

Christopher Isherwood was born in 1904 and moved to America where he took up formal citizenship in 1946. His many famous works include Mr Norris Changes Trains and Goodbye to Berlin.