Avner Mandelman

Winner of the 2011 Arthur Ellis Award for Best First Crime NovelIn Middle East lore the Debba is a mythical Arab hyena that can turn into a man who lures Jewish children away from their families to teach them the language of the beasts. To the Arabs he is a heroic national symbol; to the Jews he is a terrorist. To David Starkman, ';The...

StoriesThe Israeli-Palestinian conflict has shaped the consciousness of a generation, but never before has it been brought to life in such vivid and telling prose. Part Tim OBrien and part Bernard Malamud, Avner Mandelmans Talking to the Enemy ranges from boisterously entertaining tales of domestic squabbles to dark narratives from disillusioned...