Author(s): Christopher Isherwood

World Literature & Criticism | Secondhand | Folio Society

Secondhand. Superbly illustrated in b/w by Georg Grosz.

The novel, a semiautobiographical account of Isherwood’s time in 1930s Berlin, describes pre-Nazi Germany and the people he met. It is episodic, dealing with a large cast over a period of several years from late 1930 to early 1933. It is written as a connected series of six short stories and novellas.

Fine copy in VG slipcase. Ex-libris plate on the front endpaper.