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A comic novel about the Middle East?
02 March 2010 by Administrator
Interviewed Assaf Gavron this morning about his novel
CrocAttack!
It's a novel which breaks every politically correct rule in the
book with plenty of black humour and outrageous irony. A young
Israeli (nickname Croc) miraculously avoids being killed in 3
suicide attacks in one week. A Palestinian youth has to
listen to the extreme views of his older brother and come to terms
with daily killings and suicides.
For much of the book we listen to the Palestinian Fahmi's voice
while in a deep coma. You need to get to the end of the book to
find out how and why he didn't quite manage to kill himself. But
what is also fascinating is Gavron's take on modern celebrity
culture. Croc has become a national celebrity and appears on
tasteless television programmes just because he has avoided being
killed.
The author is on Radio 4's Midweek programme tomorrow. That's
live.
We, however need to edit the interview first. It should be ready
soon.
Hope you like it.
The
interview is now ready and uploaded - do listen and then
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