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PRAISE FOR THE BOOK OF STONE

“Equal parts thriller and literary epic—a smart, haunting novel that entertains as it apprises. Papernick writes with impressive breadth, in turns crafting the minute details of a psychological profile and dissecting the vast sociopolitical complexities of religious zealotry pushed to its outer limits. The Book of Stone is an important read for our historical moment.”

—SARA NOVIĆ,

author of Girl at War

“Jonathan Papernick’s The Book of Stone is a psychological thriller with a complex soul. In the tradition of writers like Robert Stone and Ian McEwan, Papernick describes the quest to save oneself by redeeming history, and the perilous consequences that arise from confusing the two tasks. It’s a harrowing, distinguished book.”

—STEVE STERN,

author of The Wedding Jester and The Angel of Forgetfulness

“The Book of Stone is many amazing things: a searingly-told father-son story in which profound estrangement is tenuously and dangerously bridged through the intermediaries of books and ideas; a modern family tale that is itself embedded in the never-ending, violent tribal drama of the historical conflict between Jews and Arabs. In all its layered psychological intensity, Jon Papernick’s new novel is riveting.”

—ARYEH LEV STOLLMAN,

author of The Illuminated Soul and The Far Euphrates

“The Book of Stone is going to have everyone on the planet talking. Blisteringly smart, provocative, and passionate, Papernick’s astounding novel layers a complex father-and-son story onto the Jewish-Arab conflict, where fierce loyalties and stunning betrayals are about to detonate. Nothing is as it seems in this divided American world: the political becomes personal, religious faith overrides family, and fear can shatter the possibility of love. An astonishing achievement that’s sure to ignite dialogue—and, as the best works of art do, push us to see the world differently.”

—CAROLINE LEAVITT,

New York Times best-selling author of Is This Tomorrow and Pictures of You

“Devastating, gripping, and beautiful. The Book of Stone is about fathers and sons, how the past haunts the present, how trauma transcends generations, and how wrong we can be about those who made us who we are. What will haunt you forever is how Papernick brings you right up to the border of justice and terror and then makes that border disappear. Open this book carefully. You will close it changed.”

—DARA HORN,

award-winning author of The World to Come and A Guide for the Perplexed