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Dinner at the Center of the Earth is a gripping political thriller set against the backdrop of the Israeli‑Palestinian conflict. The narrative threads a secret prisoner and his guard, an American waitress in Paris, a Palestinian man in Berlin who befriends a Canadian businessman, and a dying Israeli general who alone knows of the prisoner’s existence. Through these diverse perspectives, Nathan Englander crafts a suspenseful portrait of a nation torn by conflict and the moral complexities that bind its people together.
First publish date: 2017
Genre: Thriller/Political Thriller
Authors: Nathan Englander
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