Stefan Heym, "The King David Report", 1997, Northwestern University Press

ISBN: 978-0-8101-1537-8 Language: English Published:1997, Northwestern University Press Condition: Good; Mild wear and markings to the cover (see photos) but interior pages are in excellent condition. Back cover: "In this retelling of one of the great biblical stories, King Solomon commissions Ethan the Scribe to write the official history of King David. In return for the finest cooking in the land and the wages of a minor prophet, Ethan must first write a proper record, full of glory and battles, statecraft and honor -- a tribute to David and to Solomon, his heir. But as Ethan explores further,he finds another life hidden behind the iron curtain dividing past from present: the story of a David who seduced, lied, bragged, and plundered his way to power. Which life should he write in the King David Report? Written by one of Germany's most acclaimed dissident authors,The King David Report is both a masterly analysis of the writer's obligations to truth, and an astute satire of the workings of history and politics in a totalitarian state."