The Elected Member
$32.78
- Paperback
224 pages
- Release Date
1 January 1988
Summary
Norman is the clever one of a close-knit Jewish family in the East End of London. Infant prodigy; brilliant barrister; the apple of his parents’ eyes… until at forty-one he becomes a drug addict, confined to his bedroom, at the mercy of his hallucinations and paranoia.
For Norman, his committal to a mental hospital represents the ultimate act of betrayal. For Rabbi Zweck, Norman’s father, his son’s deterioration is a bitter reminder of his own guilt and failure. Only Bella, the unmarr…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780349130224 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0349130221 |
| Author: | Bernice Rubens |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Abacus |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 1 January 1988 |
| Weight: | 156g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 131mm x 15mm |
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Critics Review
The writing sparkles and flickers and blazes.
She has a large compassion, and an intelligence which makes her compulsively readable. - NEW STATESMAN
Splendidly sane, compassionate and often grotesquely funny. - DAILY TELEGRAPHThe writing sparkles and flickers and blazes. - JEWISH CHRONICLEThe novel moves from intense emotion to humour and pathos to the frightening realisation that those who are surrounded by the insane quickly become insane themselves. Read it. - DARTSAbout The Author
Bernice Rubens
Bernice Rubens was born in Wales and worked as both a writer and a film maker. She is the winner of the Booker Prize for The Elected Member, and was shortlisted for the same prize for a subsequent novel: A Five Year Sentence. She died in 2004.
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