{"product_id":"almost-dead-9780061984044","title":"Almost Dead","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"[An] original and powerful writer.... His clear and honest writing blasts right through the clichés and the politically correct surface to touch the chaotic and ambiguous core of the Israeli identity.\" --Etgar Keret \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"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 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePolitically incorrect, provocative, and steeped in wit and irony, \u003cem\u003eAlmost Dead\u003c\/em\u003e is a fast-paced tragicomic novel about the perfectly ordinary madness in today's Middle East.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGavron, Assaf:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eAssaf Gavron is a writer and translator. He grew up in Jerusalem, studied in London and Vancouver, and now lives in Tel Aviv. In Israel, he has published four novels, a short story collection, and a collection of falafel reviews.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50409481601298,"sku":"9780061984044","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e8923afa-d0c5-428d-8b72-b5d5c5d71138.jpg?v=1729288357","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/almost-dead-9780061984044","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}