Arrow in the Blue. The First Volume of an Autobiography : 1905-31

Arrow in the Blue covers the first twenty-six years of Koestler's life and ends with his joining the Communist Party in 1931, an event lie felt to be second only in importance to his birth in shaping his destiny. Written with enormous zest, joie de vivre and frankness, Arrow in the Blue is a fascinating self-portrait of a remarkable young man at the heart of the events that shaped the twentieth century.