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Mr. Norris changes trains

by Christopher Isherwood

Set in Berlin during the rise of the Nazi regime, this 1933 novel depicts the unusual friendship between an English teacher and the polite yet suspicious Arthur Norris, evoking the tense atmosphere of a city on the brink of political upheaval.

Accession 36818 ISBN 9780099771418 Publisher Vintage Books
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