Maror (häftad, eng)

''A masterpiece of the sacred and the profane... A literary triumph.'' Jake Arnott, Guardian

How do you build a nation?

It takes statesmen and soldiers, farmers and factory workers, of course. But it also takes thieves, prostitutes and policemen.

Nation-building demands sacrificeAnd one man knows exactly where those bodies are buried: Cohen, a man who loves his country. A reasonable man for unreasonable times.

A car bomb in the back streets of Tel Aviv. A diamond robbery in Haifa. Civil war in Lebanon. Rebel fighters in the Colombian jungleA double murder in Los Angeles.

How do they all connect? Only Cohen knows.

Maror is the story of a war for a country''s soul – a dazzling spread of narrative gunshots across four decades and three continents.

It is a true story. All of these things happened.

Praise for Maror:

''A bloody beast of a book.'' Daily Mail

''This is crime writing in the tradition of Balzac and Dickens and a major achievement, full of sound, fury, drugs and blood..An earthquake of a book.'' CrimeTime

''Some write in ink, others in song, Tidhar writes in fire... Maror is a kaleidoscopic masterpiece, immense in its sympathies, alarming in its irreverences and altogether exhilarating.'' Junot Díaz

''One of the boldest, most visionary writers I''ve ever read creates both a vivid political exploration and a riveting crime epicIt''s like the Jewish Godfather!'' Silvia Moreno-Garcia

''Maror 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'' A Brief History of Seven Killings ..Will catch your breath as it presents the history of Israel from unique points of view, with dazzling multi-generational scope.'' LoveReading