For nearly all of the 1900s, Christopher Isherwood was brilliantly writing about the world around him, trying to bring change to radical ideas through fiction and wit.
Whether it was the underground life he experienced in Berlin as Hitler was rising in power (his book, Goodbye to Berlin inspired Cabaret) or centering gay characters leading “normal” lives in the 1950s, he understood that it was through the arts that he could change public perception.
His remarkable life is documented in the epic biography, Christopher Isherwood Inside Out. I spoke with the author, Katherine Bucknell, about her work and the life of this incredible writer.
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