Foreskin's Lament
Shalom Auslander
Picador USA
Shalom Auslander was raised with a terrified respect for God. Even as he grew up, defying and eventually being cast out of his community, he could not find his way to a life in which he wasn`t locked in a daily struggle with Him. Foreskin`s Lament is a rich and fascinating portrait of a man grappling with his faith, his family and his community. Bracing and witty ...Never, frankly, can there have been a more blasphemous book ...Foreskin`s Lament somehow expresses the ideas of Richard Dawkins in the tone of David Sedaris. You can read it for the humour, you can read it as reportage into a secretive and bizarre world, you can read it as a personal tale of triumph over adversity, or you can just read it for the misery. It doesn`t really matter. But do read it` William Sutcliffe, Independent on Sunday One of the funniest books I`ve ever read, killingly so` Hilary Spurling, Observer Exceptional ...very, very funny` Time Out Painfully poignant and hilariously noir` Jewish Chronicle By turns hilarious and devastating ...Few books are laugh-out-loud funny. This one is` Naomi Alderman, Sunday Times America`s hottest, funniest, most controversial young Jewish memoirist ...blackly hilarious, groundbreaking` The Times