Queen Solomon (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781552453728)

It's just another boring summer for our teenaged narrator -- until Barbra arrives. An Ethiopian Jew, Barbra was brought to Israel at age five, a part of Operation Solomon, and now our narrator's well-intentioned father has brought her, as a teen, to their home for the summer. But Barbra isn't the docile and grateful orphan they expect, and soon our narrator, terrified of her and drawn to her in equal measure, finds himself immersed in compulsive psychosexual games with her, as she binge-drinks and lies to his family. Things go terribly wrong, and Barbra flees. But seven years later, as our narrator is getting his life back on track, with a new girlfriend and a master's degree in Holocaust Studies underway, Barbra shows up at our narrator's house once again, her "spiritual teacher" in tow, and our narrator finds his politics, and his sanity, back in question.
Queen Solomon is another masterful take on the politics of sex, race, and power from the author of the Believer Book Award-winning Maidenhead.

Author: Tamara Faith Berger
ISBN-10: 1552453723
ISBN-13: 9781552453728
Publisher: Coach House Books
Language: English
Published: 10/30/2018
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.55lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.00w x 0.70d

Review Citation(s):
Booklist 09/01/2018 pg. 44