Down There on a Visit
by Christopher Isherwood
published
February 1999
by University of Minnesota Press
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Paperback, 250 pages
isbn
0816633673
(isbn13: 9780816633678)
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Read in June, 2006
Christopher Isherwood defines several phases of his life through the men he befriended and loved in this book. My favorite phases are the Berlin (aka "Cabaret") period and also his wartime-era Hollywood period. His friendship with a gay prostitute who falls for Eastern religion in the Forties when both were swept under the carpet makes for fascinating reading.
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Read in November, 2007
not one of Isherwood's best. a sample of his rambling and adventures as a youth. starts off promisingly, but by the end I was skimming pages and hoping for it to end quickly.
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Wanderers
This is my favorite Isherwood book. I think it is even better than the Berlin Stories which were the inspiration for Cabaret. Witty, funny, and meaningful.
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Read in January, 1992
As always a great author and a powerful book.
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