New Isherwood biography an insightful read
‘Christopher Isherwood: Inside Out’By Katherine Bucknellc.2024, Farrar, Straus and Giroux$45/864 pages “Christopher Isherwood: Inside Out” is an insightful biography of the prolific English writer, author of “Goodbye to Berlin” (the inspiration behind “Cabaret”), “A Single Man,” and “Christopher and His Kind,” among others.
Katherine Bucknell, director of the Christopher Isherwood Foundation, as well as editor of several collections of Isherwood’s diaries and letters, draws on his letters, journals, creative work, and interviews to build an extensive look at this talented writer.
Isherwood was born in 1904 to landed gentry, with properties, a large house, and servants. His father was in the British Army and the family moved around for a while, including a stint in Ireland.
His father went to fight in World War I and died in France, leaving his mother to look after Isherwood and his younger brother.
