A Strange Death / Hillel Halkin - Hardcover

Halkin, Hillel

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9780297850953: A Strange Death / Hillel Halkin
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0297850954 ISBN 13: 9780297850953
Publisher: Weidenfield & Nicholson, 2006

Synopsis

A Strange Death / Hillel Halkin by Hillel-Halkin.

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About the Author

Hillel Halkin is a writer, translator, and columnist for the Jerusalem Post, Commentary, and the New York Sun. He lives in Zichron Ya'akov.

Review

"A superb measure of lyricism mixed with suspense. Read it and you will be enriched." -- Elie Wiesel

"An absolute knockout of a book for anyone who has been to or is going to Israel." -- Robert Littell, author of The Company and The Amateur

"An artful treatment of history worthy of the highest praise." -- A. B. Yehoshua, author of The Liberated Bride and A Journey to the End of the Millennium

"An important addition to the work of questioning and re-reading the history of Palestine and the Middle East." -- Diana Abu Jaber, author of Arabian Jazz and Crescent

"In probing the mystery, Halkin uses the tools of an expert novelist and a skilled investigative journalist." -- Booklist, April 1, 2005

"Vivid, almost poetic prose...Halkin is, among other things, a first-rate detective...An extraordinary achievement." -- Washington Times, June 19, 2005

"Will provide any reader with the pleasure of high entertainment played out against a background of unending historical interest." -- Commentary, June 1, 2005

"[Halkin is] also a terrific investigator-narrator-tour guide. It's a difficult combination to resist." -- New York Post, June 5, 2005

A[n] entertaining book...full of flamboyant figures, sparkling conversation, snappy wit, lyrical description...autobiography, history, counter-histories...bobbe meises, and almost mythical incidents... -- The Jerusalem Report, September 19, 2005

Stunning... It is hard to imagine a more beautiful and evocative piece of writing about Palestine under the Ottoman Turks. --New York Sun, June 1, 2005

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Publisher
Weidenfield & Nicholson
Publication date
2006
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0297850954
ISBN 13 
9780297850953
Binding
Hardcover
Edition number
1
Number of pages
352
Rating
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