A deeply felt memoir exploring Jewish identity and history
Mike Marqusee's books include Wicked Messenger: Bob Dylan and the 1960s, War Minus the Shooting, Anyone but England and If I Am Not for Myself. He was a regular contributor to the Guardian and wrote a fortnightly column for the Indian newspaper The Hindu.
In this extraordinary journey through family memory and New York
left-wing history, Marqusee introduces us to unforgettable Jewish
heretics and heroes, including his brawling grandfather and the
Prophet Amos ... Both in the eloquence of his writing and the deep
humanism of his vision, he stands shoulder to shoulder with the
spirits of Isaac Deutscher and Edward Said.
*Mike Davis*
A rare and precious work.
*The Independent*
The personal story is rich and exciting, ranging from the Bronx to
suburbia to Pakistan, Morocco and finally London. The thinking
about 'what it means to be a Jew in the 21st century' is bold and
innovative. No one can read this book without having his or her
perspective on the Middle East, religion and the left,
expanded.
*The Nation*
A tour de force of political and cultural analysis ... a manifesto
for a whole generation of Jewish radical activists who refuse to be
deterred by the threat of being labeled, and libeled, as
self-haters.
*The Guardian*
When I had finished this book I wanted to cheer ... If Jewish
adolescents got Marqusee's book as a bar mitzvah present, there
might be a chance of avoiding the repetition of history's
mistakes.
*The Independent*
A fascinating, if quirky exploration of the
Zionism-versus-anti-Zionism debate, to which it adds fire.
*Jewish Chronicle*
His vigorous voice speaks clearly and decisively for the old Jewish
radical tradition.
*The Times [London]*
Erudite and well-argued ... provocative and timely.
*Times Literary Supplement*
Adventurers, charlatans, schemers, and activists abound ... The
true stories Dolin spins rival anything Hollywood has come up with
on the topic ... entertaining and informative ... Fur, Fortune, and
Empire gives what it promises. It is an illuminating analysis of
how the beaver and its fur-bearing colleagues became the true
'founding fathers' of North America.
*The Internet Review of Books*
Marqusee is clearly a deep yet broad thinker in the classical
intellectual mould, and there is food for thought in every
chapter.
*Outlook*
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