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Mephisto (Classic, 20th-Century, Penguin) (Reprint Edition) by Klaus Mann, Robin Smyth (Translator) Paperback, 272 Pages, Published 1995 ISBN-10: 0-14-018918-1 / 0140189181 ISBN-13: 978-0-14-018918-6 / 9780140189186 Hendrik Hofgen is a man obsessed with becoming a famous actor. When the Nazis come to power in Germany, he willingly renounces his Communist past and deserts his wife and mistress in order to keep on performing. His diabolical performance as Mephistopheles in Faust proves to be the stepping-stone he |