'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 sacrifice. And
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 jungle. A 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 epic. It'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
