The novel follows Julian Treslove, a somewhat adrift former radio producer who becomes obsessed with Jewish identity after a strange late-night mugging that he interprets—perhaps wrongly—as having a Jewish dimension. His two closest friends, Sam Finkler, a charismatic philosopher who is publicly critical of Israel, and Libor Sevcik, an elderly widower grieving his wife, represent very different ways of being Jewish. As Treslove becomes more fixated on understanding and even adopting a Jewish identity, the three men navigate their losses, prejudices, and long histories with one another. The story blends dark humor with reflections on friendship, grief, and the complexity of Jewishness—showing how identity can be both deeply personal and politically charged.

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