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Lavie Tidhar was born just ten miles from Armageddon and grew up on a kibbutz in northern Israel. He has since made his home in London, where he is currently a Visiting Professor and Writer in Residence at Richmond University. He won the Jerwood Fiction Uncovered Prize for Best British Fiction, was twice longlisted for the International Dublin Literary Award and was shortlisted for the CWA Dagger Award and the Rome Prize. He co-wrote Art and War: Poetry, Pulp and Politics in Israeli Fiction, and is a columnist for the Washington Post.A sprawling epic set across four decades, and an audacious account of the underbelly of nation-building... Spectacular... Fascinating... Astonishing... <i>Maror</i> is a masterpiece of the sacred and the profane... Tidhar has achieved a literary triumph
- Jake Arnott, Guardian,
Some write in ink, others in song, Tidhar writes in fire... <i>Maror</i> is a kaleidoscopic masterpiece, immense in its sympathies, alarming in its irreverences and altogether exhilarating
- Junot Díaz,
<i>Maror</i> 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
- Kevin Jared Hosein,
Radiant with [...] the richly nuanced complexity and style of Marlon James' <i>A Brief History of Seven Killings</i>... Will catch your breath as it presents the history of Israel from unique points of view, with dazzling multi-generational scope
LoveReading
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 <i>Godfather</i>!
- Silvia Moreno-Garcia,
Startlingly refreshing
Daily Mail
Crime writing in the tradition of Balzac and Dickens and a major achievement... An earthquake of a book
CrimeTime
Every few years an Israeli writer produces a blockbuster book, designed to grab readers by the ears and occasionally readjust what they know – or think they know – about the Jewish state... Magnificent
Jewish Chronicle
Tidhar draws on his own experience of growing up in Israel and on the nation's turbulent history to tell an authentic story about creating your own identity
Jewish News