A TIME of violence, fleeing refugees, and populist politicians: “The barbarians have taken over. Do not deceive yourself. Hell reigns.” This is Joseph Roth writing from Berlin in January 1933. Soon his books will burn on the Bebelplatz.
Who was Roth and why is he still important? Keiron Pim’s superb biography provides answers and shows how Roth’s life and work asks serious questions of our world today, problems that confront a potentially independent Scotland.