Heads You Lose
- Publisher
- Ekstasis Editions
- Initial publish date
- Oct 2002
- Category
- Literary, Canadian
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781896860930
- Publish Date
- Oct 2002
- List Price
- $19.95
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Description
Heads You Lose follows Saul Jacobson as he treks across Western Canada with a sullen teenager in tow. Part macabre crime tale, part coming-of-age chronicle, the novel is also a very humourous road story that celebrates the redemptive power of friendship.
About the author
Author and rabbi Martin Samuel Cohen hails originally from New York but now resides with his family in Santa Barbara, California. For many years a rabbi in Richmond, BC, Martin Cohen is the author of several volumes on religious life as well as three previous crime novels: Light from the Dead Stars, The Truth About Marvin Kalish, and The Sword of Goliath. He has a Ph.D. in the history of ancient Judaism and has been a post-doctoral fellow at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and at Harvard University. Although a traditionalist in matters of Jewish faith, he has a lively irreverent sense of humour.