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Fleischman, Sid

The Entertainer and the Dybbuk

175 pp. | Greenwillow | September, 2007 | Trade ISBN 978-0-06-134445-9 $16.99 | Library ISBN 978-0-06-134446-6 $17.89
(4) 4-6 After World War II, former GI Freddie tours Europe, working unsuccessfully as a ventriloquist. When the ghost of a murdered Jewish boy (with the inapt humor of an older man) enters Freddie's body and speaks for the wooden dummy, the act soars. The novel abruptly darkens when the dybbuk reveals his deliberate plan to avenge his and other Jews' deaths. This sophisticated ghost story takes some wrong turns, but the premise is intriguing.
Reviewer: Betty Carter

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