The Zig Zag Kid
Set in a little boy's imagination, a picaresque, comic tall tale by the Israeli author of The Book of Intimate Grammar follows an international outlaw and a would-be detective on a rollicking quest for the trademark purple scarf of a great actress. Reprint.
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David Grossman's classic novels See Under: Love and The Book of Intimate Grammar, earned him international acclaim as an author of childhood. The Zig Zag Kid is written in a more optimistic vein, and recounts thirteen-year-old Nonny Feuerberg's picturesque journey into adulthood. As Nonny's Bar Mitzvah year trip turns into an amazing adventure, he not only finds himself befriending a notorious criminal, and a great actress, but confronts the great mystery of his own identity.With wit and humor, The Zig Zag Kid is a novel that explores the most fundamental questions of good and evil and speaks directly to both adults and teenagers.
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