A review by beth_p_w
The Day of Atonement by David Liss

5.0

I don't know too much about this period of Jewish history, so I'm happy to learn more, and happy to return to the 18th century with a protege of Liss's Benjamin Weaver. It's such an interesting time, and the ambiguous morality of the central character draws productively on its complexity. The book is not a work of history -- I wouldn't want it to be -- but the place and time in which it is set are vital to Sebastian's story.