Second Hand Smoke

In the seamy atmosphere of Miami Beach's Collins Avenue, Mila Katz, a streaky card shark and confidante of mobsters, lives by the wits with which she has survived the Holocaust. Second Hand Smoke is the story of Mila's sons, Issac and Duncan, the one secretly abandoned in Poland, and the other, American-born, raised as an avenging Nazi hunter, poisoned with rage.

Told in bursts of fractured realism and dark comedy, Second Hand Smoke is a postmodern mystery of great lyrical power, deep insight, and emotional resonance.

Author: Thane Rosenbaum
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Published: 02/22/2000
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.02lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.09w x 0.74d
ISBN: 9780312254186
Award: National Jewish Book Award - Nominee

Review Citation(s):
New York Times 03/19/2000 pg. 28

About the Author

Thane Rosenbaum is the author of the acclaimed novel-in-stories Elijah Visible, which was awarded the Wallant Prize for best book of Jewish-American fiction. A law professor in human rights and a teacher of creative writing, he is also the literary editor of Tikkun and writes essays and reviews for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and other national publications. He lives in New York with his daughter, Basia Tess.

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