2007
April 2007
Wednesday 18 April 2007
Wed 18 Apr, 6:30-8:30 pm. Mr. Oz's reminiscent novel describes the doings of a twelve-year-old boy in the last year of British control in Israel. Young Proffy has organized a pro-Israel underground cell that proposes to blow up Buckingham Palace or perhaps 10 Downing Street. These heroic dreams are no danger to anybody, but Proffy's friendship with a kindly British soldier causes his two fellow panthers to accuse him of treason. Around this juvenile imbroglio Mr. Oz creates a vivid picture of life in Jerusalem, with sharply drawn characters doing what Proffy reports without necessarily understanding it. The novel offers an unexpectedly charming and humane memory of a tense, tough time. Editorial Review from The Atlantic Monthly. TBA, San Francisco, 94105. Andrea Siegel, 415-777-3820 x203. Access / American Jewish Committee - [ajcsanfrancisco][email][events]