The Jewish Messiah (Penguin)
Unsettling, profane and goofy, Arnon Grunberg’s novel takes politically incorrect risks with contemporary Jewish culture. In this interview, he reveals that as a child of Holocaust survivors, he has an insider’s privilege—he’s earned the right to joke.
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