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Loading... Tuesday the rabbi saw red (original 1973; edition 1973)by Harry Kemelman
Work InformationTuesday The Rabbi Saw Red by Harry Kemelman (1973)
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. This is the fifth Rabbi Smal book I've read and the first time I solved the mystery on my own. Still an entertaining read though. ( ) Rabbi Small takes a job teaching the basics of Judaism at a Christian college in Boston (which nevertheless has some Jewish students.) Of course, this gives the author a chance to explain a lot of things to the reader, as well as the students, and it's quite interesting. The mystery plot, which, as always, seems secondary, features early 70s radicals and would-be radicals who look pretty silly 50 years later. These aren't great books by any means, but there is a certain charm--and they don't go on forever. The rabbi's solution to the murder of the day is always based on things the reader has been exposed to. But it takes a rabbi to figure them out! I found the mystery in this 5th book in the series below the standard of the previous books (I could tell who the culprit was right away, even before the body was discovered!). However, I enjoyed the setting (a small liberal arts college in the early 1970s) immensely and I also liked the fact that for once there was very little about the politics of Rabbi Small's congregation. I love Rabbi Small's little world. This time he represents a colleague at the college. As always, he feels offended that students are not interested in Fridays for his seminar, but rather already goes to the weekend. But Rabbi Small would not be himself, if he could interest the students in the longer term for his seminar with tricks. Of course, this time is also an investigation, because a teacher was found dead in college. As always, it was an amusing read. no reviews | add a review
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"The Jewish Sherlock Holmes" investigates a deadly disruption on a college campus in this New York Times bestseller (The Detroit News). Once again, Rabbi Small finds himself looking for solace outside the confines of the contentious world of his synagogue in Barnard's Crossing, Massachusetts. When a member of his congregation expresses that she does not want him to officiate her wedding, Rabbi Small has had enough. He seeks escape by dabbling in academia with a part-time teaching gig at a local college. But his fantasy of a tranquil life in an ivory tower is about to come tumbling down. A bombing at the school kills one of the rabbi's coworkers, and Small finds himself caught between adversarial students and feuding faculty members. As he investigates possible suspects with the same logic and measured caution that make him a brilliant religious leader, Rabbi Small finds that everyone has a motive--and an alibi--and it's up to him to uncover the truth. No library descriptions found. |
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