Second Hand Smoke: A Novel

Rosenbaum, Thane

ISBN 10: 0312254180 / ISBN 13: 9780312254186

Published by St. Martin's Griffin (edition First Edition), 2000

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Second Hand Smoke: A Novel
• Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin (edition First Edition)
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0312254180
• ISBN 13: 9780312254186
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Fair

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Synopsis

In the seamy atmosphere of Miami Beach's Collins Avenue, Mila Katz, a streaky card shark and confidante of mobsters, lives by the wits with which she has survived the Holocaust. Second Hand Smoke is the story of Mila's sons, Issac and Duncan, the one secretly abandoned in Poland, and the other, American-born, raised as an avenging Nazi hunter, poisoned with rage.

Told in bursts of fractured realism and dark comedy, Second Hand Smoke is a postmodern mystery of great lyrical power, deep insight, and emotional resonance.

About the Author

Thane Rosenbaum is the author of the acclaimed novel-in-stories Elijah Visible, which was awarded the Wallant Prize for best book of Jewish-American fiction. A law professor in human rights and a teacher of creative writing, he is also the literary editor of Tikkun and writes essays and reviews for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and other national publications. He lives in New York with his daughter, Basia Tess.