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David’s newest novel, The Double, presents a Kafkaesque fable satirizing autocracy and the corruption it creates. Viktor X., a low-level government data analyst, is kidnapped by Gray Men as he crosses the Plaza of Heroes on his way to the Presidential Palace. He is to be metamorphosed into a doppelgänger to protect a brutal dictator from assassination. Viktor struggles with losing his identity as he is forced to adopt another.
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Israel’s deadlocked election last Tuesday demands a more nuanced view regarding the nation’s security and a more stable future. Disclosure: I’m a Zionist. I have family in Israel. Carolyn and I have loved our visits. Now for the nuance. Neither large multi-party block won the 61 Knesset seats required to form a government. The block…