I Pity the Poor Immigrant: A Novel
ISBN-13:
9780316254038
ISBN-10:
0316254037
Edition:
First Edition
Author:
Zachary Lazar
Publication date:
2014
Publisher:
Little, Brown and Company
Format:
Hardcover
256 pages
Category:
Jewish
,
Literature & Fiction
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ISBN-13:
9780316254038
ISBN-10:
0316254037
Edition:
First Edition
Author:
Zachary Lazar
Publication date:
2014
Publisher:
Little, Brown and Company
Format:
Hardcover
256 pages
Category:
Jewish
,
Literature & Fiction
Summary
I Pity the Poor Immigrant: A Novel (ISBN-13: 9780316254038 and ISBN-10: 0316254037), written by authors
Zachary Lazar, was published by Little, Brown and Company in 2014.
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This stunning novel by the author of Sway is another "brilliant portrayal of life as a legend" (Margot Livesey).
In 1972, the American gangster Meyer Lansky petitions the Israeli government for citizenship. His request is denied, and he is returned to the U.S. to stand trial. He leaves behind a mistress in Tel Aviv, a Holocaust survivor named Gila Konig.
In 2009, American journalist Hannah Groff travels to Israel to investigate the killing of an Israeli writer. She soon finds herself inside a web of violence that takes in the American and Israeli Mafias, the Biblical figure of King David, and the modern state of Israel. As she connects the dots between the murdered writer, Lansky, Gila, and her own father, Hannah becomes increasingly obsessed with the dark side of her heritage. Part crime story, part spiritual quest, I Pity the Poor Immigrant is also a novelistic consideration of Jewish identity.
In 1972, the American gangster Meyer Lansky petitions the Israeli government for citizenship. His request is denied, and he is returned to the U.S. to stand trial. He leaves behind a mistress in Tel Aviv, a Holocaust survivor named Gila Konig.
In 2009, American journalist Hannah Groff travels to Israel to investigate the killing of an Israeli writer. She soon finds herself inside a web of violence that takes in the American and Israeli Mafias, the Biblical figure of King David, and the modern state of Israel. As she connects the dots between the murdered writer, Lansky, Gila, and her own father, Hannah becomes increasingly obsessed with the dark side of her heritage. Part crime story, part spiritual quest, I Pity the Poor Immigrant is also a novelistic consideration of Jewish identity.
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