Author | Joshua Cohen |
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Cover artist | Anonymous photo c. 1955, Design by Katy Homans |
Language | English |
Genre | Historical, Satire |
Publisher | Fitzcarraldo Editions (UK) NYRB (US) |
Publication date | May 5, 2021 (UK) June 22, 2021 (US) |
Publication place | United States |
Media type | Print (Paperback) |
Pages | 248 pp |
ISBN | 9781681376073 |
The Netanyahus: An Account of a Minor and Ultimately Even Negligible Episode in the History of a Very Famous Family is a 2021 novel by Joshua Cohen. It was awarded the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction.[1]
The book centers on a fictionalized account of Harold Bloom's encounter with Benzion Netanyahu and his family, including his son, Benjamin Netanyahu, at an upstate New York college in the late 1950s, blending history, fiction, and humor.