240 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781913097608
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Fitzcarraldo Editions
Publication date: 05 May 2021
Description
A job interview goes awry for the exiled patriarch of Israel’s First Family in this riotous novel from one of contemporary fiction’s most brilliant and audacious writers.Corbin College, not-quite-upstate New York, winter 1959-1960: Ruben Blum, a J...
Community Reviews Summary of 701 reviews
Moods
challenging 46%
reflective 46%
informative 44%
lighthearted 16%
tense 15%
dark 11%
emotional 6%
adventurous 5%
mysterious 3%
sad 2%
Pace
slow 29%
fast 12%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 60% | A mix: 31% | Plot: 7% | N/A: 1%Strong character development?
No: 42% | Yes: 28% | It's complicated: 26% | N/A: 2%Loveable characters?
It's complicated: 41% | No: 41% | Yes: 16%Diverse cast of characters?
No: 43% | Yes: 30% | It's complicated: 20% | N/A: 4%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 75% | It's complicated: 17% | No: 7%Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Antisemitism, Medical traumaModerate
Sexual content, Torture, BloodMinor
Car accident
240 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)
ISBN/UID: 9781913097608
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Publisher: Fitzcarraldo Editions
Publication date: 05 May 2021
Description
A job interview goes awry for the exiled patriarch of Israel’s First Family in this riotous novel from one of contemporary fiction’s most brilliant and audacious writers.Corbin College, not-quite-upstate New York, winter 1959-1960: Ruben Blum, a J...
Community Reviews Summary of 701 reviews
Moods
challenging 46%
reflective 46%
informative 44%
lighthearted 16%
tense 15%
dark 11%
emotional 6%
adventurous 5%
mysterious 3%
sad 2%
Pace
slow 29%
fast 12%
Plot- or character-driven?
Character: 60% | A mix: 31% | Plot: 7% | N/A: 1%Strong character development?
No: 42% | Yes: 28% | It's complicated: 26% | N/A: 2%Loveable characters?
It's complicated: 41% | No: 41% | Yes: 16%Diverse cast of characters?
No: 43% | Yes: 30% | It's complicated: 20% | N/A: 4%Flaws of characters a main focus?
Yes: 75% | It's complicated: 17% | No: 7%Average rating
Content Warnings
Submitted by users as part of their reviews
Graphic
Antisemitism, Medical traumaModerate
Sexual content, Torture, BloodMinor
Car accident