A review by quercus707
Shylock Is My Name by Howard Jacobson

4.0

A good retelling deepens our understanding of and engagement with the original work. This book succeeded. It's not exactly Shylock's side of the story, but it engages you with Shylock's point of view and makes a difficult character much more understandable. Very clever spin on all the characters and the plot points. Portia has been violated, but I'm willing to let that go given how well done the story was.