- Published: 21 February 2023
- ISBN: 9780805243697
- Imprint: Knopf US
- Format: Hardback
- Pages: 272
- RRP: $69.99
The Red Balcony
A Novel
- Published: 21 February 2023
- ISBN: 9780805243697
- Imprint: Knopf US
- Format: Hardback
- Pages: 272
- RRP: $69.99
ADVANCE PRAISE FOR JONATHAN WILSON'S The Red Balcony
“Wilson illuminates life in Palestine under the British Mandate in this engrossing legal drama . . . Vivid atmosphere animates Wilson’s story of expatriates, in the manner of Lawrence Durrell’s Alexandria Quartet and Malcolm Lowry’s Under the Volcano. With a mix of intrigue, romance, and 1930s realpolitik, the author immerses readers in Ivor’s initial confusion and growing sense of moral clarity. Historical fiction fans are in for a treat.”
—Publishers Weekly
“Jonathan Wilson’s beautifully paced Palestine novel kept me reading through the night. The Red Balcony extends Wilson’s previous novels set in the region, this time through the story of what is arguably Israel’s foundational murder trial—a tale of multiple identities and loyalties that casts a shadow over the future State even while providing an eye-widening view of its author’s bright and fully ripened achievement.”
—Joshua Cohen, Pulitzer-Prize-winning author of The Netanyahus
“Brimming with intrigue and atmosphere, The Red Balcony is a captivating mystery set amid the tensions of British mandate Palestine, where allegiances are always shifting and the shadow of history looms.”
—Tova Mirvis, author of The Book of Separation
“Jonathan Wilson is spectacularly witty and wise, deeply generous and intelligent, and his novel The Red Balcony is extraordinary. Intimate and epic, character-driven and a flat-out page-turner, the book manages to be a work of meticulously investigated historical fiction that never feels weighed down by its research; what’s more, it is enviably prescient. In short, this is one of the best books I’ve read in years—I can’t stop thinking about it. A gorgeous new novel by one of our very finest writers.”
—Molly Antopol, author of The UnAmericans