Finally, it's worth mentioning that I'm not sure how much of this book will be accessible to people who don't know Israel or indeed its underbelly.

Radiant with […] the richly nuanced complexity and style of Marlon James’ A Brief History of Seven Killings … Will catch your breath as it presents the history of Israel from unique points of view, with dazzling multi-generational scope. Maror is a profane, irreverent, scathing, sometimes blackly humorous and often compassionate fever-dream history of Israel.A sprawling epic set across four decades, and an audacious account of the underbelly of nation-building.

Me han gustado mucho las diferentes voces que propone y la estructura en relatos con saltos temporales. While Cohen is only glancingly present, other characters in his sphere are more deeply involved, in particular Benny. With wonderful attention to detail, Tidhar draws upon historical events as well as his own Israeli insight to create a fascinating, interwoven tale that kept me turning page after page. And a part of me kept feeling defensive: this story is set amidst corruption and criminality in the middle decades of Israel’s history, and if one didn’t know anything outside this book, one might imagine there was nothing to the place but drugs and fraud, criminals and degenerates.

Connections are made through chaos rather than conspiracy, but their consequences follow the grim logic of corruption. He meets a sweet young female kibbutznik and has a sweet little love story with her, and then encounters Lior Goldin who's continuing his early drug-dealing career.