Dinner at the Center of the Earth Contributor(s): Englander, Nathan (Author) |
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ISBN: 0525434046 ISBN-13: 9780525434047 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2018 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Political - Fiction | Thrillers - General |
Dewey: 813.54 |
Lexile Measure: 940 |
Series: Vintage International |
Physical Information: 0.9" H x 5.1" W x 7.9" (0.60 lbs) 272 pages |
Themes: - Religious Orientation - Jewish |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: A political thriller set against the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, from the Pulitzer-nominated, bestselling author of For the Relief of Unbearable Urges. A Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Year "Blends elements of spy thriller and love story, magical realism, and an all-too-real history of one of the world's most intractable problems: peace between Israel and its neighbors. --The Boston Globe In the Negev desert, a nameless prisoner languishes in a secret cell, his only companion the guard who has watched over him for a dozen years. Meanwhile, the prisoner's arch nemesis--The General, Israel's most controversial leader--lies dying in a hospital bed. From Israel and Gaza to Paris, Italy, and America, Englander provides a kaleidoscopic view of the prisoner's unlikely journey to his cell. Dinner at the Center of the Earth is a tour de force--a powerful, wryly funny, intensely suspenseful portrait of a nation riven by insoluble conflict, and the man who improbably lands at the center of it all. |