{"product_id":"siege-of-comedians-paperback","title":"Siege of Comedians - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eSusan Daitch\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Ebullient ... Daitch finds stimulating connections and writes with sharp irony and joy. This offers delights on every page.\" --\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Award-winning author Susan Daitch returns with \u003ci\u003eSiege of Comedians\u003c\/i\u003e, a novel in triptych told through interconnected narrative threads pulled taut by linked crimes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In the first piece, an American forensic sculptor, reconstructing the faces of three victims receives a midnight, visit from a man who threatens her life unless she alters the faces she's almost completed. The twists and turns of the mystery lead her to a new life, working with forensic archeologists at a site near the Prater amusement park in Vienna.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In the second section, an accent coach discovers that the man implicated in the death of his girlfriend in 1970s Buenos Aires was once a censor and Assistant Minister of Propaganda in Vienna during World War II. When bodies start turning up under the former Propaganda offices, some date from the war period--but others are much older, their origins going back to the Ottoman siege of Vienna.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e In the final arc, in the aftermath of the last battle between the Austrians and the Turks, a local businesswoman finds three displaced women from Istanbul--former wives of the sultan--wandering in Vienna and gives them shelter in her brothel, located on the site of the future Ministry of Propaganda.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Connected across time by intersecting crimes and themes of language, cultural assimilation, and nationalist conflicts, \u003ci\u003eSiege of Comedians\u003c\/i\u003e, part political thriller, part comic noir, reflects on aspects of the current refugee crisis, human trafficking, and identity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 328\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.02 x 8.43 x 5.43 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 12, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768052580640,"sku":"9781950539338","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/26d08d3a2ce50b6ab13ed8f375fef6fc.webp?v=1780323608","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/siege-of-comedians-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}