Journal Entry 1 by Chania from Kokkola, Keski-Pohjanmaa Finland on Wednesday, December 03, 2008

"The novel follows the movements of William Bradshaw, its narrator, who meets a nervous-looking man named Arthur Norris on a train going from Holland to Germany. As they approach the frontier William strikes up a conversation with Mr. Norris, who wears an ill-fitting wig and carries a forged passport.

William and Mr. Norris succeed in crossing the frontier. Afterward, Mr. Norris invites William to dinner and the two become friends. In Berlin they see each other frequently. Several oddities of Mr. Norris's personal life are revealed, one of which is that he is a masochist. Another is that he is a communist, which is dangerous in Hitler-era Germany. Other aspects of Mr. Norris's personal life remain mysterious. He seems to run a business with an assistant Schmidt, who tyrannises him. Norris gets into more and more straitened circumstances and has to leave Berlin." 

Journal Entry 2 by Chania at Kokkola, Keski-Pohjanmaa Finland on Thursday, September 08, 2011

Can't get into this book, so I'll move it to avl-shelf. 

Journal Entry 3 by Chania at Kokkola, Keski-Pohjanmaa Finland on Saturday, November 26, 2011

Putting this to the Finnish "Piggy bag" - thing :) 

Journal Entry 4 by Chania at Kokkola, Keski-Pohjanmaa Finland on Sunday, May 06, 2012

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