Dinner at the Center of the Earth, Nathan Englander
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Dinner at the Center of the Earth, Nathan Englander
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Dinner at the Center of the Earth
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Nathan Englander
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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
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