Saturday the Rabbi Went Hungry

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Hardcover

English language

Published Dec. 11, 1988 by Crown.

ISBN:
9780517013076

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4 stars (1 review)

The answer to the prayers of mystery fans everywhere? A Rabbi Small mystery - full of the wit and wisdom, persistence and chutzpah that put the Rabbi on bestseller lists every day of the week! Ever since he made his debut in FRIDAY THE RABBI SLEPT LATE, the adventures of Rabbi Small have been hailed by critics and fans. And now new fans and old can enjoy the hair-raising tales and unparalleled logic of one of the world's most unusual sleuths.Saturday brings Yom Kippur to Barnard's Crossing and Rabbi Small is preparing as usual. But his prayers and fasting are interrupted when a member of his congregation is found dead in his car. The police call it an accident. The insurance company calls it a suicide. Only Rabbi Small's pregnant wife, Miriam, thinks it's murder. Now it's up to him to prove her right.

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reviewed Saturday the Rabbi Went Hungry by Harry Kemelman

detective story driven by bad luck

4 stars

again, as the second of the series, it is a solid mystery of a special brand. and because it is also a well-known classic i only want to add, how easy you can miss out the bleak and noir depiction of us society in the sixties. not in the mention of deep distrust in the police force, in the side plot to the civil rights, but how the need to profit wrecks both personal morals and eventually society's will to perfom justness

Subjects

  • Non-Classifiable
  • Fiction
  • Nonfiction - General
  • Mystery/Suspense
  • FIC022000
  • FIC
  • Mystery & Detective - General