Weimar Republic: Society is in turmoil, and Georg is right in the middle of it. As a journalist for the Morgenbote, he is repeatedly faced with difficult decisions. Then he meets the young Fred and plunges headfirst into a love that turns his life upside down. Siegfried Kracauer was not only one of the most significant sociologists and philosophers of his time but also a great prose writer. The rediscovery of a dazzling social novel.