Berlin

‘Berlin’ was chosen a top ten of 2014 by the Washington Post.

‘Berlin is the most extraordinary work of history I’ve ever read. To call it history is, in fact, reductive. There’s some historical analysis, quite a lot of fiction, some philosophizing, lashings of wit and a fair dose of invective. It’s a work of imagination, reflection, reverence, perplexity and criticism that reveals as much about the author’s precocious mind as it does about the city he adores. The book’s most profound feature, however, is its stunningly beautiful writing – phrases of transcendent rhythm force the reader to reverse and read again.’ – Gerard De Groot, Washington Post