{ "item_title" : "Almost Dead", "item_author" : [" Assaf Gavron "], "item_description" : " An] original and powerful writer.... His clear and honest writing blasts right through the clich s and the politically correct surface to touch the chaotic and ambiguous core of the Israeli identity. --Etgar Keret In a dazzling display of empathy, Gavron creates two equally compelling narrators, the bomber and his victim. This is a virtuoso work; a pitch-perfect rendering of real Israeli life in all its chaos, energy, humor and terror. I couldn't put it down. -- Geraldine Brooks Politically incorrect, provocative, and steeped in wit and irony, Almost Dead is a fast-paced tragicomic novel about the perfectly ordinary madness in today's Middle East.Told through the alternating perspectives of a bomber and his victim, this breathtaking novel asks a devastating question: what happens when two lives on a collision course finally crash?Dual POV: Experience the unfolding tragedy from both sides: Eitan 'Croc, ' a cynical Israeli survivor, and Fahmi, the young Palestinian bomber locked in a coma, reliving the choices that led him to his fate.Dark Humor and Biting Irony: Navigate a world of suicide bombings, time-management start-ups, and post-trauma therapy with a voice that finds wit in the darkest corners of the conflict.A Haunting Survival Story: Follow Croc as he becomes an unwilling media sensation--the 'CrocAttack'--a man who keeps surviving, forcing him to confront the absurd lottery of life and death in modern Israel.Unflinching Social Commentary: A provocative look at the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that blasts through clich s to explore the chaos, energy, and terror of real life in the Middle East.", "item_img_path" : "https://covers1.booksamillion.com/covers/bam/0/06/198/404/0061984043_b.jpg", "price_data" : { "retail_price" : "15.99", "online_price" : "15.99", "our_price" : "15.99", "club_price" : "15.99", "savings_pct" : "0", "savings_amt" : "0.00", "club_savings_pct" : "0", "club_savings_amt" : "0.00", "discount_pct" : "10", "store_price" : "" } }

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