This author of "The Berlin Stories" later lived in L.A. & wrote "A Single Man" about a day in L.A.
They 
were published together in 1945 as ''The Berlin Stories,'' ... ''books like 'Down 
There on a Visit' and 'A Single Man,' a novel out of ... ''A Single Man'' itself is about 
a day in the life of a lonely, middle-aged gay man in Los Angeles... [DOC] [TLE] The Isherwood Equation | L.A. Weekly [PAR] Dec 9, 2004 ...