description: When a young English woman, a half-Jewish Catholic convert, insists upon crossing over from Israel into Jordan to rendezvous with her fiance, she sets off a series of bizarre situations.
language: English
title: The Mandelbaum Gate
titlecomplete: The Mandelbaum Gate
characters: Barbara Vaughn, Freddy Hamilton
genres: Fiction, Historical, Israel, British Literature, Scotland, Literature, Classics, Novels, Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 791
places: Jerusalem
awards: awardedAt: -157737600000
name: James Tait Black Memorial Prize
category: Fiction
publisher: Penguin Books Ltd