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The Lie: A Novel, by Hesh Kestin
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A provocative thriller about a dynamic Israeli lawyer—famous for defending accused Palestinians—whose views are tested when her own son is taken captive by Hezbollah: “The Lie is what great fiction is all about” (Stephen King).Dahlia Barr is a devoted mother, soon-to-be divorced wife, lover of an American television correspondent. She is also a brash and successful Israeli attorney who is passionate about defending Palestinians accused of terrorism. One day, to her astonishment, the Israeli national police approach Dahlia with a tantalizing proposition: Join us, and become the government’s arbiter on when to use the harshest of interrogation methods—what some would call torture. Dahlia is intrigued. She has no intention of permitting torture, but can she change the system from within? She takes the job. As Dahlia settles into her new role, her son Ari, a twenty-year-old lieutenant in the Israel Defense Forces, is kidnapped by Hezbollah and whisked over the border to Lebanon. The one man who may hold the key to Ari’s rescue is locked in a cell in police headquarters. He is an Arab who has a long and complicated history with Dahlia. And he’s not talking. Yet. A nail-biting thriller that “will stay with you” (The New York Times Book Review), The Lie is an unforgettable story of human beings on both sides of the terror equation whose lives turn out to share more in common than they ever could have imagined. “An utterly riveting thriller that is likely to rank as one of the year’s best…The Lie has everything: memorable characters, a compelling plot, white-knuckle military action, and an economy and clarity of prose that is direct, powerful, and at times beautiful” (Booklist, starred review).
The Lie: A Novel, by Hesh Kestin- Amazon Sales Rank: #714632 in Books
- Published on: 2015-03-03
- Released on: 2015-03-03
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 8.00" h x .50" w x 5.25" l, .0 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 240 pages
From Booklist *Starred Review* Israeli human-rights lawyer Dahlia Barr specializes in defending Palestinians accused of terrorism. She’s smart, tough, and totally surprised when her law-school mentor, now the prime minister’s top advisor for security, drafts her to be the final arbiter of when the government can employ harsh interrogation techniques—torture—to keep the country secure. But the issue becomes intensely personal when Dahlia’s son, a lieutenant in the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), is captured in a daring Hezbollah incursion on the Israel-Lebanon border, and an Arab man she has known since childhood appears to be involved. What begins as a brilliant portrait of a fascinating character and the stunningly complex culture in which she lives becomes an utterly riveting thriller that is likely to rank as one of the year’s best. Kestin, who served in the IDF for 18 years as well as working as a foreign correspondent, seasons his story with brilliant bits about Israeli society, culture, and government—e.g., there is no word for subtlety in the Hebrew language; Israel is a “first-name country,” where even enlisted soldiers would address a general by his first name; Israeli officials refer to Arabs as “the cousins” in ironic recognition of their shared Semitic heritage. The Lie has everything: memorable characters, a compelling plot, white-knuckle military action, and an economy and clarity of prose that is direct, powerful, and at times beautiful. --Thomas Gaughan
Review "A page-turner that will engage your mind and emotions in a way few novels do. The narrative is headlong, the issues have never been more current, and the characters come alive from the page. This is a story about the lies we tell until the truth is forced upon us, and about divided countries, including those of the human heart. I started reading; I ended up experiencing. The Lie is what great fiction is all about." (Stephen King)"A page-turning triumph, foaming with emotional resonance and ripped-from-the-headlines suspense." (David Goodwillie, author of American Subversive)"An utterly riveting thriller . . . The Lie has everything: memorable characters, a compelling plot, white-knuckle military action, and an economy and clarity of prose that is direct, powerful, and at times beautiful." (Booklist (starred review))"Knuckle-gnawing, heart-stopping,sleep-suspending . . . The plot is compelling; the writing taut, lucid . . .and the issues around which the story revolves are as current as the breakingnews . . . Simply superb fiction." (Washington Jewish Week)“Extraordinarily fun and surprisingly intriguing.” (Kansas City Star)“Kestin, a Brooklyn-raised former foreign correspondent, engages us with authentic detail. . . . [The Lie] will stay with you.” (New York Times Book Review)“A fast-moving, tense thriller… Calling the book cinematic takes nothing away from its literary muscle… A tightly plotted story, a political game of nerve with some seriously charismatic special ops for good measure…. Kestin brings the action alive through details both mundane and exotic… A vivid picture of life in an everyday war zone.” (The Millions)“In this taut novel, the dark complexities of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict hit home… Dahlia … is a magnetic presence throughout…. Extraordinary… A powerful and unsettling finale.” (Kirkus)"I was moved to tears (and cheers!) by this wonderfully compelling account of deeply personal conflict in the midst of Israel's war against terror. Hesh Kestin is a superb storyteller who knows the Middle East intimately. The Lie is alive with an abundance of surprising fact and thoroughly engaging fiction." (Richard D. Heffner,host of public television's The Open Mind)"Not a single word is wasted in Kestin's masterfully wrought and mercilessly readable novel of intrigue, and terror. The Lie's political, cultural, and personal insights are matched only by its breathtaking action and suspense. Quite simply, the best thriller I've read in ages." (Jonathan Evison, New York Times-bestselling author of West of Here and All About Lulu)"A suspenseful read." (The Times of Israel)“An intense, ripped-from-the-headlines political thriller . . . Give[s] readers plenty of insight into the moral issues surrounding torture, security, and human rights, as well as the complexity of the current situation in Israel.” (Association of Jewish Libraries)
About the Author Hesh Kestin was for two decades a foreign correspondent, reporting from the Middle East on war, international security, terrorism, arms dealing, espionage, and global business. He was the London-based European correspondent for Forbes and is an eighteen-year veteran of the Israel Defense Forces. His articles have appeared in Newsday, the Jerusalem Post, Inc. and Playboy. The father of five, Kestin lives on Long Island in New York.
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful. A good premise, but a missed opportunity By Lance Charnes The Lie begins with an intriguing scenario: what if an outspoken human rights lawyer is co-opted by the Israeli Police to decide who gets tortured and who doesn't? That this scenario gets overwhelmed by the thriller plot is one of this novel's chief frustrations.Dahlia Barr is the lawyer in question, a firebrand defender of the many (mostly Arab) lost souls who end up in Israeli police dragnets, many because they're in the wrong place at the wrong time or have done something that looks suspicious, whether or not it really is. Barr's mother is a strident leftist activist; her soon-to-be ex-husband Dudik has gone the other way, becoming a wealthy corporate lawyer. Barr is recruited by Israel's national police force to be the person who reviews case files and determines whether a prisoner is eligible for "extraordinary means," a polite word for "torture." Despite some initial misgivings, she agrees, thinking she'll change the system from within. Of course, it turns out to not be that straightforward.Author Kestin, an Israeli native and longtime journalist, knows how to put together the body of a story. The settings are well-observed and atmospheric, full of the little details that show he's been there and done that. His depiction of the workings of Israel's security apparatus also rings with authenticity. The prose is tight and fast, a peppering of short chapters that switch between the various players to push the plot forward. I read this (admittedly slim) volume in just a few hours.That plot is a mixed blessing. It overlays Dahlia's dilemmas with a terrorist-attack thriller tale that clocks along briskly but isn't as exciting or engaging as it thinks it is. The mechanics are all there, but there's no heart to it, and it resolves itself much too easily and with a strange lack of tension. Daniel Silva did this kind of thing much better at the height of his Gabriel Allon series.The greatest disappointment, however, comes with the characters. Dahlia starts as a well-rounded person; she's not easy to like, which is fine, but she's interesting to watch at the beginning. However, she casts off her beliefs and ethics altogether too lightly, without even the level of reflection or hesitation that her circumstances would allow, and by the end we see very little of the qualities that had put her in her position to begin with. I can't tell whether this is the author making a political statement or simply not providing his heroine with a full character arc. It's vexing in either case.The other characters have similar faults. The villains are provided with little backstory or motivation. The primary baddie, Edward al-Masri, is basically a jerk. Dahlia's mother is a one-note screamer, her Arab "auntie" is nearly a saint, and her superiors in the police and security services end up being right about most everything. Her son Ari, around whom much of the thriller plot revolves, isn't fleshed out enough for us to really connect with him. Surprisingly, Dudik is perhaps the most sympathetic figure of the lot. It may very well be that in keeping his story confined in 230 pages, the author sacrificed the dimensionality that would have made this an excellent story rather than simply being serviceable.I wanted to like The Lie a lot more than I eventually did. The writing has many things going right, the premise was promising, and the atmosphere can't be beat. In the end, though, it becomes a middle-of-the-road Israelis-versus-terrorists saga without a lot to say that hasn't been said before (and, in some instances, said better). Sadly, a missed opportunity.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. A thoughtful nail biter By alan goldman This book has everything, love, adventure, politics, history, and a surprise ending.The problem is that the story covers too much ground. The characters are well developed, if a little stereotyped, and the action is exciting,but the book also deals with Middle Eastern Politics, parental love and the psychology of terrorists as well as their victims.That's a lot for Mr. Kestin to bite off in one telling. But he does a pretty good job.The book is one you will think about long after you have finished.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. A Hard-Boiled Thriller All The Way By Fairbanks Reader The Lie by Hesh Kestin packs a hard wallop and offers an inside look at the Israeli army and the Knesset in action as they seek to free some prisoners taken captive by Hezbollah.Dahlia Barr is known primarily as a human rights activist and attorney, representing the poor and politically unpopular. Therefore, she is shocked when Zalman Arad from the police department calls upon her to offer her a job as Chief Superintendent and Special Advisor for Extraordinary Measures to the Chief Superintendent of Police. Basically, this job will put Dahlia in charge of torture - how and when it will be used and with what force.Dahlia is in the process of divorcing her husband, Dudik, and she has a lover named Floyd who works for CNN. As the novel opens, a Canadian citizen named Mohammed Al-Asri is taken into Israeli custody for trying to bring one million Euros into the country. At the same time two men are kidnapped by Hezbollah. One is a Bedouin tracker and the other is an army officer - Dahlia's son. The secret service believe there is a connection between these two events. The Hezballah officer in charge of the kidnapping is Tawfeek Nur-Al-Din, a Lebanese.Dahlia's mother is one of the people who demonstrate in front of the Knesset every day against the fascist state that she believes Israel is. Along with her friend Zeinab, an auntie to Dahlia growing up, they camp in front the knesset and picket with signs and slogans. Erika was a cold, cold mother and the only kindness Dahlia received as a child was from Zeinab, who is Al-Masri's mother.When Dahlia sees the videos of her son's torture on CNN, she has no qualms about harming Al-Masri. Her political position turns180 degrees and she is comfortable burning cigarettes on his chest to attain the information she needs to find out where her son is. The torture works its miracles and a fleet of Israeli soldiers are sent to get Ari and the Bedouin.Al-Masri is a gadfly who likes to appear on CNN and CBS. He also writes books. Though born in Israel, he renounced his Israeli heritage and has given up his first name, Mohammed, for Edward and has taken on Canadian citizenship. Dahlia is sure he holds the key to where Ari is and how to find him.The book teaches the reader quite a lot about Israel. For instance, there is no word for 'subtlety in the Hebrew language. People don't emigrate to Israel, but rather they ascend to this land.The book is a wonderful thriller that is delivered in short, succinct chapters that hold ho punches. It is hard-boiled all the way. The writing is astute and perspicacious about the culture. It looks closely, without embarrassment. at the roots and follow up to terrorism. I read this in one sitting and look forward to Mr. Kestin's next book.
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