Second Hand Smoke A Novel
Second Hand Smoke by Thane Rosenbaum is a novel published by Macmillan on February 22, 2000. This first edition spans 320 pages and is presented in English. The narrative unfolds in the gritty setting of Miami Beach’s Collins Avenue, where Mila Katz, a resourceful card shark and confidante of mobsters, navigates life shaped by her experiences during the Holocaust.
Readers will encounter the complex lives of Mila’s sons, Issac and Duncan, whose contrasting backgrounds shape their identities and motivations. The story explores themes of abandonment and vengeance, as Issac, secretly left behind in Poland, and Duncan, raised in America as a determined Nazi hunter, grapple with their pasts. Through a blend of fractured realism and dark comedy, Second Hand Smoke delves into psychological and historical dimensions, offering insights into city life and the Jewish experience in the 20th century.
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In the seamy atmosphere of Miami Beach’s Collins Avenue, Mila Katz, a streaky card shark and confidante of mobsters, lives by the wits with which she has survived the Holocaust. Second Hand Smoke is the story of Mila’s sons, Issac and Duncan, the one secretly abandoned in Poland, and the other, American-born, raised as an avenging Nazi hunter, poisoned with rage.
Told in bursts of fractured realism and dark comedy, Second Hand Smoke is a postmodern mystery of great lyrical power, deep insight, and emotional resonance.
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