{"product_id":"mr-norris-changes-trains-by-christopher","title":"Mr Norris Changes Trains","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBy Christopher Isherwood\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“The best prose writer in English.”—Gore Vidal\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOn a train to Berlin in late 1930, William Bradshaw locks eyes with Arthur Norris, an irresistibly comical fellow Englishman wearing a rather obvious wig and nervous about producing his passport at the frontier. So begins a friendship conducted in the seedier quarters of the city, where Norris runs a dubious import-export business and lives in excited fear of his bullying secretary, his creditors, and his dominatrix girlfriend, Anni. As the worldwide economic Depression strangles the masses and the Communists make a desperate stand against Fascism and war, Norris sells himself as political orator, spy, and double agent. He also sells his friends. Like its companion novel, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eGoodbye to Berlin\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eMr Norris Changes Trains\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e offers unforgettable characters struggling in the vortex as the Nazis rise to power.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback\u003cbr\u003e224 pages\u003cbr\u003eNew Directions, 2013\u003cbr\u003eOriginally published in 1935 \u003cbr\u003e5.2 x 0.6 x 8 inches\u003cbr\u003eISBN 9780811220262\u003cbr\u003eFiction\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"vendor-unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":10257651717,"sku":"9780811220262","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0175\/8594\/products\/Mr-Norris-Changes-Trains_Christopher-Isherwood.jpg?v=1591029201","url":"https:\/\/neue-galerie-design-shop.myshopify.com\/products\/mr-norris-changes-trains-by-christopher","provider":"Neue Galerie Design Shop \u0026 Book Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}