A wacky, slapstick, irreverent romp with a naïve Jewish vegetarian attempting to fulfil his duties as a mobile librarian on the North Antrim coast. First he must find his books! It really is delightfully silly, a good, easy, escapist read and the first of a series.
Israel is an intelligent, shy, passionate, sensitive sort of soul: he’s Jewish; he’s a vegetarian; he could maybe do with losing a little weight. And he’s just arrived in Ireland to take up his first post as a librarian. But the library’s been shut down and Israel ends up stranded on the North Antrim coast driving an old mobile library.
There’s nice scenery, but 15,000 fewer books than there should be. Who on earth steals that many books? How? When would they have time to read them all? And is there anywhere in this godforsaken place where he can get a proper cappuccino and a decent newspaper?
