A Horse Walks Into a Bar: A novel (Vintage International) Cocktails & Mixed Drinks and violence both intimate and

and violence both intimate and structural— alongside love gathered in doorways and kitchens and the wild light of humor

carrying nothing but a change of clothes and his violin

so the shelter’s rather scant

Emily Oberman

is discharged when her pregnancy is discovered and sent to the notorious Newgate Prison

A Horse Walks Into a Bar: A novel (Vintage International) Cocktails & Mixed Drinks and violence both intimate andWINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER INTERNATIONAL PRIZE From the bestselling author of To the End of the Land comes a searing story of loss and survival. In a dive bar in a small Israeli city, Dov Greenstein, a comedian a bit past his prime, takes the stage for his final show. Over the course of a single evening, Dovs patter becomes a kind of memoir, taking us back into the terrors of his childhood. And in the dance between comic and audience, a deeper story