The Wolf Hunt
Ayelet Gundar-Goshen author Sondra Silverston translator
Format:Hardback
Publisher:Pushkin Press
Published:31st Aug '23
£16.99
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'Gundar-Goshen is adept at instilling emotional depth into a thriller plot' New York Times Ayelet Gundar-Goshen, the award-winning author of Waking Lions and Liar, returns with a powerfully compelling novel about a mother who begins to suspect her teenage son of committing a terrible crime Lilach seems to have it all: a beautiful home in the heart of Silicon Valley, a community of other Israeli immigrants, a happy marriage and a close relationship with her teenage son, Adam. But when aa local synagogue is brutally attacked, her shy, reclusive son is compelled to join a self-defense class taught by a former Israeli Special Forces officer. Then a Black teenager dies at a house party, and rumours begin to circulate that Adam and his new friends might have been involved. As scrutiny begins to invade Lilach's peaceful home, and her family's stability is threatened, will are her own fears be the greatest danger of all? This psychologically astute, timely and page-turning literary novel is perfect for fans of Leïla Slimani, Your House Will Pay by Steph Cha, and We Need to Talk About Kevin by Lionel Shriver PRAISE FOR AYELET GUNDAR-GOSHEN 'It's not every day a writer like this comes our way' Guardian 'Gundar-Goshen is interested in examining the messy grey areas between right and wrong, good and bad, victim and perpetrator' Financial Times 'Deliciously enticing... a plot that thrills at every twist and turn' Irish Times on Liar 'A classy, suspenseful tale... shine[s] a penetrating light into the dark corners of our safe lives' The Times on Waking Lines 'This is storytelling that feels instinctive... both moving and satisfying' Guardian on One Night, Markovitch
'It's not every day a writer like this comes our way' - Guardian
'Flawed but relatable characters and off-the-charts emotional intensity with a sharply evoked Israeli cultural perspective' - Kirkus Reviews
'A moral mystery for the thinking reader' - Financial Times on Liar
'Gundar-Goshen is interested in examining the messy grey areas between right and wrong, good and bad, victim and perpetrator' - Financial Times
'Deliciously enticing... a plot that thrills at every twist and turn' - Irish Times on Liar
'Gundar-Goshen carefully peels back her plot like an onion . . . I loved the novel' -Jewish Chronicle
'A meditation on paranoia and belonging. Gundar-Goshen, a clinical psychologist and author of the acclaimed Waking Lions and Liar, shows how a tragedy exposes problems in seemingly happy lives. She is adept at drawing out the fragility of identity' -Financial Times
'[The Wolf Hunt] reaches out and wraps itself around the issues - parenting, antisemitism, masculinity - and exemplifies them in character and dialogue' -Observer
'Gundar-Goshen ensnares her characters in some heart-stopping moral dilemmas in this sharp, compassionate tale of race, identity and a mother's fears' -Mail on Sunday
'As focused as we are on protecting our children, The Wolf Hunt questions our certainties about who and what we want to protect them from' -Spectator
'The Wolf Hunt succeeds thanks to the sheer strength and complexity of Lilach's fraught, acutely self-critical character, racked by the competing demands of motherhood and morality... lithe, observant prose' -Literary Review
'The manipulation of tension here is exquisite' -Strong Words
'Gundar-Goshen does an excellent job in setting up the privilege and paranoia in her character's lives as their lives slowly unravel' -Marie Claire, best books of 2023
ISBN: 9781782279884
Dimensions: unknown
Weight: unknown
288 pages