Strange fire
by Melvin Jules Bukiet
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"Blind, fatherless, homosexual, Russian emigre speechwriter Nathan Kazakov has enough problems even before his left ear is obliterated by a bullet presumably meant for his employer, the hawkish prime minister of Israel. Consumed by the desire to discover exactly what happened, Nathan begins an investigation that leads him into a web of conspiracies involving messianic Orthodox settlers, Arab terrorists, and the Israeli secret service. Was the bullet intended for Nathan? For the prime minister?
Or perhaps for the prime minister's charismatic son Gabriel, an archaeologist who does not share his father's politics? One trail leads to Leviticus, another beneath the Temple Mount. Told by the blind hero as he staggers through Jerusalem, Strange Fire occurs at the focal point where personal, political, psychological, sexual, historical, and theological forces come together to explosive effect."--BOOK JACKET.
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Blind, Russians, Gay men, Speechwriters, Fiction, Attempted assassination, Fiction, political, Fiction, gay, Fiction, lgbtq+, gayPlaces
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Strange Fire: A Novel
2002, Norton & Company, Incorporated, W. W.
in English
0393348032 9780393348033
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"Here's Simon in public: Of course the Palestinians are people."
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Blind, homosexual, Russian émigré speechwriter Nathan Kazakov has enough problems even before his left ear is obliterated by a bullet presumably meant for the Israeli prime minister. Determined to solve the mystery, Nathan begins exploring a web of conspiracies involving messianic orthodox settlers, Arab terrorists, and the Israeli secret service. Was the bullet intended for Nathan after all? or perhaps for the prime minister's son Gabriel, an archaeologist who shuns his father's politics? One trail leads to Leviticus, another beneath the Temple Mount. Strange Fire is "a stunning literary achievement" (Miami Herald) fueled by Bukiet's singular imagination.
A Washington Post Book World 2001 Rave, a Chicago Tribune Favorite Book of the Year, and a Booklist Editors' Choice.
"Corrupt, violent, zigzagging atmosphere...a raucous vituperative attack on every kind of political hypocrisy."—Los Angeles Times Book Review
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