Goodbye to Berlin

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'The best prose writer in English' Gore Vidal As Cabaret returns to the West End, revisit the KitKat Club in the book that introduced Sally Bowles to the world. Set in the 1930s, Goodbye to Berlin is the novella that inspired Cabaret, evoking the glamour and sleaze, excess and repression of Berlin society. Isherwood shows the lives of people under threat from the rise of the Nazis- a wealthy Jewish heiress, Natalia Landauer, a gay couple, Peter and Otto, and an English upper-class waif, the divinely decadent Sally Bowles. 'Brilliant sketches of a society in decay' George Orwell 'Isherwood is a master of the emotionally cathartic moment, funny and perspicacious' Evening Standard

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A great talent * Guardian *
Isherwood is a master of the emotionally cathartic moment, funny and perspicacious * Evening Standard *
A masterpiece * The Economist *
[A] reminder of a bygone era, powerfully capturing the energy and sleaze of Weimar-era Berlin * Independent *
Reading this novel is much like overhearing anecdotes in a crowded bar while history knocks impatiently at the windows * Guardian, 1000 novels everyone must read *

Author Bio

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.