Mephisto

MephistoBy: Klaus Mann Series: Classic, 20th Century, Penguin It chimes eerily with the times we are living through now. Margaret Atwood, The New York Times Book Review Hendrik Hofgen is a man obsessed with becoming a famous actor. When the Nazis come to power in Germany, he willingly renounces his Communist past and deserts his wife and mistress in order to keep on performing. His diabolical performance as Mephistopheles in Faust proves to be the stepping

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