I Pity the Poor Immigrant pretenders

I Pity the Poor Immigrant pretendersThis stunning novel by the author of Sway is another "brilliant portrayal of life as a legend" (Margot Livesey). In 1972, the American gangster Meyer Lansky petitions the Israeli government for citizenship. His request is denied, and he is returned to the U. S. to stand trial. He leaves behind a mistress in Tel Aviv, a Holocaust survivor named Gila Konig. In 2009, American journalist Hannah Groff travels to Israel to investigate the killing of an

Fin's people have found him--and they're not as friendly as he'd hoped

in the cauldron of war

Darren Hardy has heard it all

The Kidd siblings have grown up diving down to shipwrecks and traveling the world

" (Variety) From Tallulah Bankhead to Joan Crawford to the Kennedys and Madonna

We learn how

unkempt bush and baths were infrequent

introspective Nicholas recalled their rambunctious childhood adventures and the tragedies that tested their faith

about an absent father and the love he leaves behind

At once a celebration of the animal kingdom and a passionate call to arms

Drawing upon previously unpublished material

Sedaris's best stuff will still--after all this time--move