Synopsis
In this crime story, Lord Winchell died in mysterious circumstances. In 1930s Israel (then Palestine), just the fact of his death, let alone the mysterious nature of it, causes a good deal of concern in the Jewish community. He is one of the men who laid the groundwork for the rebirth of the state of Israel, and a journalist's investigations 40 years later makes unexpected waves in the body politic. At the same time, the story contrasts the Eurocentric behavior of these early settlers with the very...more