A Small Death in Berlin
by Annie Ayre
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Pub Date 12 Feb 2016 | Archive Date 19 Feb 2016
Description
BASED ON THE MOVIE JUST A GIGOLO STARRING DAVID BOWIE AND MARLENE DIETRICH
Berlin between the wars.
A time of change, a time of upheaval.
Paul von Pryzgodski was a young Prussian man whose life had led him to expect heroism, but instead he found failure.
In the closing hours of the First World War, Paul is wounded, and he wakes up in a strange French hospital, with no recollection of how he got there, and no idea which side has won the war.
He staggers out of the hospital and jumps on a train to Berlin, only to find that everything has changed – and not for the better.
His father is comatose, and his beloved aristocratic mother has now been reduced to running a house for ‘working girls’.
Not only that but his childhood sweetheart, Cilly, has also lost her innocence, and is no longer the girl he used to know.
Desolate and alone, Paul struggles to find a place for himself back home, and after a string of failed jobs, he finds himself embarking on an unusual career path.
In a whirlwind of champagne, glitz, glamorous women and sordid affairs, Paul discovers a side to himself that he never knew existed ...
A Small Death in Berlin was originally published as Just a Gigolo and is based on the film of the same name.
Annie Ayre was born in the middle of a thunderstorm in the Himalayan mountain state of Kashmir, to a family of travelling actors. When she was twelve, her parents died on a frozen train during a blizzard in Russia. Nobody thought to tell Annie that she was an orphan. Forgotten for years, she remained at school until the nuns traced her paternal grandparents, writing that it was time she left school; they must claim her. Finally shipped home to Scotland, she was welcomed, but it was obvious from the crumbling ruin they lived in that the family was broke. She got work as a junior on a local newspaper and developed her early career in that field. These days she writes books set in the many places she has lived. Annie Ayre is her mother’s maiden name. She is also the author of A Year in Tuscany, Midnight Dancer and The Roar of the Tiger.
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Berlin between the wars.
A time of change, a time of upheaval.
Paul von Pryzgodski was a young Prussian man whose life had led him to expect heroism, but instead he found failure.
In the closing hours of the First World War, Paul is wounded, and he wakes up in a strange French hospital, with no recollection of how he got there, and no idea which side has won the war.
He staggers out of the hospital and jumps on a train to Berlin, only to find that everything has changed – and not for the better.
His father is comatose, and his beloved aristocratic mother has now been reduced to running a house for ‘working girls’.
Not only that but his childhood sweetheart, Cilly, has also lost her innocence, and is no longer the girl he used to know.
Desolate and alone, Paul struggles to find a place for himself back home, and after a string of failed jobs, he finds himself embarking on an unusual career path.
In a whirlwind of champagne, glitz, glamorous women and sordid affairs, Paul discovers a side to himself that he never knew existed ...
A Small Death in Berlin was originally published as Just a Gigolo and is based on the film of the same name.
Annie Ayre was born in the middle of a thunderstorm in the Himalayan mountain state of Kashmir, to a family of travelling actors. When she was twelve, her parents died on a frozen train during a blizzard in Russia. Nobody thought to tell Annie that she was an orphan. Forgotten for years, she remained at school until the nuns traced her paternal grandparents, writing that it was time she left school; they must claim her. Finally shipped home to Scotland, she was welcomed, but it was obvious from the crumbling ruin they lived in that the family was broke. She got work as a junior on a local newspaper and developed her early career in that field. These days she writes books set in the many places she has lived. Annie Ayre is her mother’s maiden name. She is also the author of A Year in Tuscany, Midnight Dancer and The Roar of the Tiger.
Endeavour Press is the UK's leading independent digital publisher. For more information on our titles please sign up to our newsletter at www.endeavourpress.com. Each week you will receive updates on free and discounted ebooks. Follow us on Twitter: @EndeavourPress and on Facebook via http://on.fb.me/1HweQV7. We are always interested in hearing from our readers. Endeavour Press believes that the future is now.
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