Debut novel set in a Jewish old people's home in New York. The book has
already achieved recognition, winning the 1994 National Jewish Book Award
and reaching the Booker Prize shortlist of twelve. The book's main character
is trying to stage a production of (Hamlet) featuring his fellow residents.
Running through this are tales of his adventures in America, Germany, Zurich
and Auschwitz. "Masterly, imaginative and provocatively disturbing in its
effortless transitions between the comic and the tragic." (Guardian).
