A Horse Walks Into A Bar

A Horse Walks Into A Bar by David Grossman, 194 pages.
Grossman, described as one of Israel's greatest living authors, gives readers an odd yet searing reflection on how the actions we take when we are young can follow us through our lives. Dovelah Greenstein, a comedian past his prime (if he ever had a prime), invites his onetime friend to his show in Caesaria. The friend, former judge Avishai Lazar, once attended the same summer camp as Dov when they were both children. That experience was a searing turning point for Dov, a child already scarred by his relationship with his parents, his violently angry father, and his mother, scarred by her experiences hiding from the Nazis. Dov relates the story of the summer camp and of his childhood to us and to his audience through his painfully personal comic routine on this fateful night in Caesaria. An excellent book, among Grossman's best.