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Description edit
An Israeli government minister is assassinated in the home of his mistress. Days later, Elihu, an aging and decorated Mossad officer, leads his final combat mission, killing a Hamas leader in his bed—and barely escaping with his life. Out of this familiarly cyclical scenario emerges what is... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Mr. Sweeney: Add a description of this character.
- Elihu
- Baruch
- Yussuf Abu Saleh
- Ishmael
- Mordechai
- Zalman Cohen
- Roger
- Rabbi Apfulbaum
- Isaac
- Efrayim
- Maali
- Beit Avram
- Mr. Hajji
- David
- Azazel
- Ibrahim
- Hitler
- Delilah
- Azziz
- Muslim
- Abdullah
- Altmann
- Petra
- Arafat
- Briscoe
- Wozzeck
- Muhammad
- Anwar
- Abraham
- Allah
- Zack
- Itamar
- Webley
- Erasmus Hall
- Ronni Goldman
- Doctor
- Adam
- Saladin
- Ismall
Setting & Locations edit
- Israel
- Jerusalem
- Islam
- Old City
- Palestine
- West Bank
- Hebron
- Mt. Washington
- Gaza
- Middle East
- Nablus
- Ramadan
- Harvard
- America
- Jericho
- Beirut
- Brooklyn
- Jaffa
- United States
- White House
- Ghazeh
- Arabic
- Tel Aviv
- Egypt
- Damascus Gate
- Dead Sea
- Judea
- Samaria
- Mecca
- Jordan
- Abu Bala
- Lebanon
- Saudi Arabia
- Haifa
- Karamazov
- Paris
- Europe
- Vestal Virgin
- Afghanistan
- Long Island
- Syria
First Sentence edit
THE SETTING SUN SCORED THE NAVIGATOR'S LINE BETWEEN SKY and sea, drawing blood, flinging long shadows inland on the flat Levantine coast.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Robert Littell (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2006
ISBN: 014311266X
Page Count: 304
Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2006
ISBN: 014311266X
Page Count: 304
Classification edit
- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813.54
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