The Netanyahus: An Account of a Minor and Ultimately Even Negligible Episode in the History of a Very Famous Family
Joshua Cohen · b. 1980 · USA
Why it matters
A minor American historian is roped into hosting the entire chaotic Netanyahu family (including a young, furious Benjamin) during his father's disastrous campus job talk, expanded from a real Harold Bloom anecdote. Cohen's Pulitzer winner is footnoted campus farce with real historical teeth.
At a glance
satirehistorical fiction
Difficulty 6/10medium pace248 pagesDigressive, footnote-laden, allusive prose rewards readers comfortable with essayistic detours.
Deep dive
A campus farce about hosting a job candidate's family for the weekend turns out to be arguing, in dead earnest, about whether antisemitism is history or fate.
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