num_pages: 128
description: Wiseguys, adulterers, schoolboys, and a New York fur salesman are among the curious characters who populate this debut collection of short stories--tales wryly observant of men and their fluctuating fortunes--set in London and Israel during the '40s and '50s, and during the Gulf War.
language: English
title: Schoom
titlecomplete: Schoom
ratings_count: 15
publisher: Penguin Books