Summary
Jerusalem is ruled by rosemary-scented King Herod. By the bougainvillea in Deuteronomy Square, Reuben’s tea stall keeps customers sweet with lemon koloochehs. Onesimus the greengrocer piles his polished pears and pineapples in ziggurats, blind harpist Tabitha captivates bachelor Pharisees, Roman sentries doze and the widower Simeon, beset by gout and befriended by a dog called Shlomo, watches the passing promenade. By day Simeon dodges bossy superintendent Kedar. By starlit night he contempla…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781408722848 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1408722844 |
| Author: | Quentin Letts |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Constable |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 272 |
| Release Date: | 7 July 2025 |
| Weight: | 380g |
| Dimensions: | 218mm x 142mm x 28mm |
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A rollicking satire that emits flashes of real brilliance * Daily Mail *Heartfelt * The Times *Letts can be as funny as P.G. Wodehouse, but there’s real poignancy running through this story * Tablet, Novel of the week *The characters are quirky and delicious. The settings are colourful … An adorable book, 6 stars; a real pleasure to read * Historical Novel Society *Beneath the warmth and amusing tales, Letts gives many very profound insights into the nature of love, loss, and accepting death. He writes beautifully * Church Times *Mine eyes have just read the best novel of the year. Quentin Letts’ Nunc! is a beautiful, moving and funny exploration of life, death and first century Jewish cuisine * Seen & Unseen *
About The Author
Quentin Letts
Quentin Letts is the political sketch writer for the Daily Mail. A regular broadcaster on radio and television, he was formerly New York correspondent and parliamentary sketch writer for The Times, gossip columnist for the Daily Telegraph and theatre critic for the Sunday Times. He is the author of the Sunday Times bestseller 50 People Who Buggered Up Britain. His hobbies are gossip, hymn-singing and cricket. He lives in rural Hertfordshire.
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