Author:Isaac Bashevis Singer
From the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, Isaac Bashevis Singer, The Penitent is the story of Joseph Shapiro, a disillusioned and aimless man who discovers a purpose to his life through the Jewish faith. Following his journey as he flees Nazi persecution in Poland in 1939, through wealth and a failed marriage in New York, and on to Israel, it charts his transformation from worldly confusion to spiritual certainty in orthodox Judaism. This powerful work is an examination of the nature of faith, the question of identity and the notion of how to lead a good life.
Singer is a writer of far greater than ordinary power
—— The New York TimesSinger is a master storyteller
—— Chicago Tribune Book WorldThe off-colour banter, hellbent on causing offence to all and sundry, masks an unimpeachable commitment to social justice … [A] full-throttle send up of toxic masculinity … Niven at full tilt is always something to behold.
—— Metro‘A bruising triumph; Amis’ Money for the Trump generation. What a monster he’s created.’
—— Ian Rankin‘Savagely, viciously witty, this frantic hymn to greed is filthy, frenetic and totally fabulous.’
—— Sunday Mirror‘Brace yourself for another expletive-strewn adventure … Niven pulls no punches … Ingeniously plotted ... A scabrously entertaining satire of what it is like to be rich and white in the land of the free ... There is a twisted poetry in Niven’s mastery of invective … The payoff is absolutely priceless.’
—— The Times‘Niven is still able to deliver his foul-mouthed, inventive zingers with gusto, and Stelfox is a fittingly amoral hero for the age of Trump.’
—— Mail on SundayA brilliant depiction of the mind of a sociopath. Be warned: this is edgy.
—— Evening Standard
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