Exile:a novel by Richard North Patterson

Understanding the Middle East****** March 7,2007

David Wolfe, Harvard-trained Jewish lawyer, is beginning to mount a campaign for the US Senate when Israeli PM Amos Ben-Aron is assassinated in front of him in San Francisco. Wolfe is approached by Palestinian Hana Arif, a former lover of his at law school, for legal assistance when she becomes the chief suspect in the assassination investigation.

The value of this book lies in Wolfe's attempts to understand the intricacies of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as he tries to unmask the true forces behind the assassination. There are no back and white answers in this novel but after reading it you will feel that you have a fuller understanding of the complexities behind today's headlines.

Recommended.