Berlin Shuffle by Boschwitz, Ulrich Alexander

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Author: Boschwitz, Ulrich AlexanderClassic fiction (pre c 1945)Published on 15 January 2026 by PUSHKIN PRESS in the United Kingdom.Hardback | 256 pages216 x 135 | 0g
A prophetic, darkly comic lost classic about down-and-outs in a fractured Berlin by the author of theSunday Timesbestselling rediscoveryThe PassengerA writer of great insight and talentFTBerlin, 1920s: a beacon of culture and hedonism, but a political mess. The streets are crowded with war veterans, beggars, prostitutes and madmen, desperately chasing any means to secure a few marks or a roof over their heads. Come nighttime, a rag-tag group descends on the Jolly Huntsman pub to dance and drown their cares in all the schnapps they can afford. But in this society on the brink, pleasure all too easily erupts into violence.A bleakly comic story of struggle and discontent on the fringes of the metropolis,Berlin Shuffleis a blistering portrait of a divided society that would give way to fascism. Written when he was just twenty-two years old, Boschwitzs first novel displays his extraordinary talent for capturing Germanys self-destruction, which would tragically engulf him only five years later.