Ein Mann will nach oben

A sixteen-year-old orphan boy arrives in Berlin, determined to achieve wealth and power. Quirky, tough, lovable, and questionable characters cross his path on his journey upward—and time and again, it is the women who stand by him and to whom he owes his success. A gripping novel, full of indestructible Berlin humor, reflecting two and a half decades of tumultuous German history. Includes an afterword on the novel's origins.