The Days of Miracles & Wonders

by Simon Louvish

Book Overview

In a sanatorium in East Lothian, failed novelist Danny Hohenlohe contemplates murderous revenge against London publisher, McTeague. Also in residence is Avram Blok, the ex-lunatic, emigre-Israeli hero... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1895897750
• ISBN13: 9781895897753
• Release Date: January 1997
• Publisher: Somerville House, USA
• Length: 440 Pages

Customer Reviews

A "Catch 22" for the contemporary Middle East

Richard Lionheart rises from the dead to avenge past defeats and lead a modern crusade to the Holy Land. It doesn't turn out well: he ends up bussing tables in a nightclub. On the way Louvish takes you through the refugee camps, the contradictions of modern Israeli society, the televised murderous absurdity of the "Gulf War" and the irony, intrigue and insane factionalism that make up the landscape of Middle East Politics. Wordy, sometimes arcane, wickedly funny, always compassionate.