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Review: 'Good For The Jews'

by Alan Cheuse, NPR
November 10, 2009

The Jewish holiday of Purim arises from a story of Jews in ancient Persia, as told in the biblical Book of Esther. Now, novelist Debra Spark draws on the same story for her latest novel, Good for the Jews. And it's set not in ancient Persia — but in Madison, Wis. The novel won this year's Literary Fiction award from the University of Michigan Press.

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  • All Things Considered, November 10, 2009
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