Berlin 1925, artistic capital of Europe with a frenetic nightlife. Berlin 1933: the Nazis organize an exhibition called "Degenerate Art". A painting owned by Morel, a French merchant, is requisitioned for that exhibition. That picture, with a highly erotic motif, can ruin a certain cultural official of the regime, who fears to be caught up by his past. Other characters: Violetta, "the muse of Moabit", singer and painter. Harry, a young poet, leader of the literary coterie of Café Schimmel. Argus Bang, the owner of the cabaret Blue Mouse. Sacha, a young Russian Jew trying to make a career in the emerging talking cinema. Vittorio, a futurist painter who ended up as a fascist. The novel discusses the relationship between art and totalitarianism, but it is also a picture of the decadent Berlin of the twenties and its hectic nightlife.

 

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