From the Book - First American edition.
Son of the British army, heir to the estate (1904-1915)
Sacred orphan (1915-1923)
Failed history scholar, published novelist (1923-1929)
Berlin, sex, politics, and fame (1929-1939)
Hollywood screenwriter and Hindu monk (1939-1945)
American apostate (1945-1953)
The ideal companion : Don Bachardy (1953-1961)
Existential Isherwood : the outsider (1961-1964)
The animals' golden age (1964-1986).