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| CrocAttack!
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01 Mar 2010 - 5:30 pm | | Contributors: | Assaf Gavron |
| Notes: | Meet one of Israel’s most exciting young writers to be translated in English and discover a gripping, novel that explores the minds of both serial terrorist victim and suicide bomber. Politically incorrect, provocative, steeped in wit and irony, this is a fast-paced tragicomic novel about the perfectly ordinary madness that resides within the Middle East. |
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| Football across Borders (The Talk)
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28 Feb 2010 - 6:30 pm | | Contributors: | Assaf Gavron, Jeremy Gavron, Jerrold Kessel, Simon Kuper, Uri Sheradsky, Chair: Jim Cockin |
| Notes: | Assaf Gavron, the author of CrocAttack, Uri Sheradsky, editor of the monthly sports magazine, Shem Hamisehak, both members of the Israeli writers football team and their counterpart on the English team, Jeremy Gavron, (An Acre of Barren Ground) and Simon Kuper (Why England Lose) are joined by Jerrold Kessel, the author of Goals for Galilee, the story of a tiny Arab soccer club which won the Israeli State Cup to discuss the ways in which football can bring together people, players and audiences of different nationalities, cultures and religions, transcending deep-rooted divides.
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| Sex, Lies and Regal Japes; The story of Esther, the sex-crazed king and his evil counsellor
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27 Feb 2010 - 8:30 pm | | Contributors: | David Aaronovitch, Anita Diamant, Irving Finkel, Assaf Gavron, Shappi Khorsandi, Kathy Lette and Simon Schama, Udi Sharabani |
| Notes: | A Purim Spiel, with a contemporary twist, bringing a little bit of Persia to Bloomsbury, with a backbeat of Iranian rhythms and all hosted by our favourite modern-day Sheherazade, David Schneider.
Unmasking the Book of Esther we’ll be revealing the story behind the story of Purim, hatching all-new conspiracy theories and, in the spirit of the festival, blurring boundaries between good and evil, sacred and profane. |
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