Rebel author Marek Hlasko was considered the James Dean of the Communist Bloc. In this gripping novel, Robert and Jacob are two down-and-out Polish con men living in Israel in the 1950s. They plan to run a scam on an American widow visiting the country. R
"Blowtorch of a novel . . . matchless and prescient."—Publishers Weekly"Spokesman for those who were angry and beat . . . turbulent, temperamental, and tortured."—The New York Times"A self-taught writer with an uncanny gift for narrative and dialogue
