![]() ![]() To escape the media circus that erupts when the photos are published, Kotler and his lover, Leora, flee to the Black Sea resort of Yalta where the Ukrainian-born Baruch, born Boris, vacationed with his parents as a boy. Soon enough we learn that Kotler, a world-renowned Soviet Jewish dissident, was betrayed by a putative political ally, the prime minister, who secretly arranged to leak photos of the affair to the media because Kotler resisted pressure to go along with the ruling coalition’s plan to dismantle Jewish settlements in the West Bank. The first involves Baruch Kotler, a 64-year-old Israeli politician who cheated on his wife with a much younger woman. The betrayals come thick and fast in David Bezmozgis’ aptly titled and beautifully written second novel, The Betrayers. The Betrayers (Little, Brown and Co.), by David Bezmozgis ![]()
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