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Author Stone, Jonathan, 1956- author.

Title The prison minyan [Hoopla electronic resource] / Jonathan Stone.

Publication Info. [United States] : Eye Books, 2021.
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Summary Welcome to America's only Jewish prison... rugelach, blintzes, and a quest for vengeance from the highest tier of the US government The scene is Otisville Prison, upstate New York. A crew of fraudsters, tax evaders, trigamists, and forgers discuss matters of right and wrong in a Talmudic study and prayer group, or "minyan," led by a rabbi who's a fellow convict. As the only prison in the federal system with a kosher deli, Otisville is the penitentiary of choice for white-collar Jewish offenders, many of whom secretly like the place. They've learned to game the system, so when the regime is toughened to punish a newly arrived celebrity convict who has upset the 45th president, they find devious ways to fight back. Shadowy forces up the ante by trying to "Epstein"-ie assassinate-the newcomer, and visiting poetry professor Deborah Liston ends up in dire peril when she sees too much. She has helped the minyan look into their souls. Will they now step up to save her? Jonathan Stone brings the sensibility of Saul Bellow and Philip Roth to the post-truth era in a sharply comic novel that is also wise, profound, and deeply moral.
System Details Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subject Prisons -- New York (State) -- New York -- Fiction.
Jews -- Fiction.
Electronic books.
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ISBN 9781785632983 (electronic bk.)
1785632981 (electronic bk.)
Music No. MWT14618092
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