Author: Lionel Davidson Year: 1966 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Mystery, Award winners
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THE MENORAH MEN, Lionel Davidson's acclaimed best seller, is set in Israel, the author's adopted country. It is a thriller with an archeological background which tells of the modern quest for the original Menorah, the Holy Grail of the Jewish faith.Caspar Laing, a young British archaeologist, is persuaded to travel to Israel to decipher a recently discovered scroll. Its contents set him hot on the trail of the long-lost Menorah. Accompanied by Shoshana, a dusky Yemenite soldier who is his chauffeuse, Laing scours the Holy Land in a dangerous search for a priceless buried treasure.
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