I hovvered between a so-so and a pick for most of this book. It‘s a collection of 6 short, overlapping memoirs covering 3 years of Isherwood‘s life in Berlin. It starts strong with the first Berlin Diary and our introduction to Sally Bowles, finishes stronger with Isherwood‘s account of his friendship with the Jewish Landauer family, and the rise to power of the Nazi party. The middle two chapters felt weak, and I nearly bailed. I‘m glad I didn‘t