The Netanyahus: An Account of a Minor and Ultimately Even Negligible Episode in the History of a Very Famous Family by Joshua Cohen

The Netanyahus: An Account of a Minor and Ultimately Even Negligible Episode in the History of a Very Famous Family

Joshua Cohen

237 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

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Corbin College, not quite upstate New York, winter 1959–1960: Ruben Blum, a Jewish historian—but not an historian of the Jews—is co-opted onto a hiring committee to review the application of an exiled Israeli scholar specializing in the Spanish In...

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Moods

funny 80%
informative 47%
reflective 45%
challenging 44%
lighthearted 15%
tense 15%
dark 10%
emotional 10%
adventurous 5%
mysterious 2%
sad 2%

Pace

medium 59%
slow 26%
fast 13%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 57% | A mix: 31% | Plot: 8% | N/A: 1%

Strong character development?

No: 40% | Yes: 29% | It's complicated: 27% | N/A: 2%

Loveable characters?

It's complicated: 45% | No: 38% | Yes: 15%

Diverse cast of characters?

No: 41% | Yes: 34% | It's complicated: 19% | N/A: 4%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

Yes: 75% | It's complicated: 14% | No: 8% | N/A: 1%

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