New York: Norton, (2001) dj. SIGNED hardcover first edition - A novel written with Bukiet's trademark black humor - "Blind, fatherless, homosexual, Russian emigre speechwriter Nathan Kazakov has enough problems even before his left ear is obliterated by a bullet presumably meant for his employer, the hawkish prime minister of Israel. Consumed by the desire to discover exactly what happened, Nathan begins an investigation that leads him into a web of conspiracies involving messianic Orthodox settlers, Arab terrorists, and the Israeli secret service." SIGNED on the half title page. 337 pp. ISBN: 0-393049388.