{"product_id":"maror-by-lavie-tidhar-9781838931353","title":"Maror","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eGUARDIAN\u003c\/i\u003e AND \u003ci\u003eECONOMIST\u003c\/i\u003e BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Spectacular... fascinating... astonishing... A literary triumph.' Jake Arnott, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHow do you build a nation?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt takes statesmen and soldiers, farmers and factory workers, of course. But it also takes thieves, prostitutes and policemen.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eNation-building demands sacrifice. And one man knows exactly where those bodies are buried: Cohen, a man who loves his country. A reasonable man for unreasonable times.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA car bomb in the back streets of Tel Aviv. A diamond robbery in Haifa. Civil war in Lebanon. Rebel fighters in the Colombian jungle. A double murder in Los Angeles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eHow do they all connect? Only Cohen knows.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eMaror\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of a war for a country's soul – a dazzling spread of narrative gunshots across four decades and three continents.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt is a true story. All of these things happened.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eMaror\u003c\/i\u003e:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'A bloody beast of a book.' \u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'This is crime writing in the tradition of Balzac and Dickens and a major achievement, full of sound, fury, drugs and blood... An earthquake of a book.' \u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eCrimeTime\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Some write in ink, others in song, Tidhar writes in fire... \u003ci\u003eMaror\u003c\/i\u003e is a kaleidoscopic masterpiece, immense in its sympathies, alarming in its irreverences and altogether exhilarating.' \u003cstrong\u003eJunot Díaz\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'One of the boldest, most visionary writers I've ever read creates both a vivid political exploration and a riveting crime epic. It's like the Jewish \u003ci\u003eGodfather\u003c\/i\u003e!' \u003cstrong\u003eSilvia Moreno-Garcia\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'\u003ci\u003eMaror\u003c\/i\u003e blends the page-turning wit of a hard-boiled detective noir with the stirring intrigue of a multi-national political epic. An ambitious achievement that weaves a tapestry of both story and statement.' \u003cstrong\u003eKevin Jared Hosein\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e'Radiant with [...] the richly nuanced complexity and style of Marlon James' \u003ci\u003eA Brief History of Seven Killings\u003c\/i\u003e ... Will catch your breath as it presents the history of Israel from unique points of view, with dazzling multi-generational scope.' \u003cstrong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLoveReading\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47603019809004,"sku":"9781838931353","price":49.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781838931353-maror.jpg?v=1778053620","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/maror-by-lavie-tidhar-9781838931353","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}