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City Called July

by (author) Howard Engel

Publisher
Penguin Group Canada
Initial publish date
May 2008
Category
General
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780670812684
    Publish Date
    Sep 1986
    List Price
    $27.95
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780143167495
    Publish Date
    May 2008
    List Price
    $13.5
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780140092387
    Publish Date
    Sep 1986
    List Price
    $6.99

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When Rabbi Meltzer and the President of Grantham’s synagogue knock on Benny’s office door, they aren’t looking to sell raffle tickets. Of that much, he’s sure. They need his help in tracking down a missing lawyer who has disappeared with the life savings of half of the Jewish community. Benny knows he’ll never see a dime out of it, but what can you do? It’s summer in the city—and it’s going to be a hot one.

Book 5 in the Benny Cooperman Mystery series.

About the author

HOWARD ENGEL is the creator of the acclaimed Benny Cooperman mystery series, which has been published in more than 15 languages and adapted into two TV movies produced by the CBC and broadcast around the world. He was appointed to the Order of Canada in 2007, won the Writers' Trust of Canada Matt Cohen award for a life in writing in 2004, and received an honourary doctorate from Brock University. Engel experienced a mild stroke several years ago, leaving him unable to read but still able to write. His experiences of this condition, alexia sine agraphia, have been written about by Oliver Sacks in The New Yorker and in a recent book. Since his diagnosis, Engel continues to write prolifically and has detailed living with his condition through a memoir (The Man Who Forgot How To Read) and in his acclaimed Benny Cooperman series (Memory Book).

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