The Mandelbaum Gate (Cyclopedia of Literary Characters)
At a glance:
- Author: Muriel Sarah Camberg
- First Published: 1965
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Parody
- Time of Work: Summer, 1961
- Setting: Israel and Jordan
- Genres: Long fiction, Parody
- Subjects: Freedom, 1960’s, Self-discovery, Politics, Jews or Jewish life, War, Mysteries, Adventure, Catholics or Catholic Church, Espionage or spies, Israel or Israelis, Middle East, Palestinian Arabs, Diplomacy or diplomats
- Locales: Israel, Jordan
Characters Discussed
Freddy Hamilton, a career diplomat in his mid-forties who is currently assigned to the British consulate in Jerusalem, Israel. Polite, urbane, a lifelong bachelor, and an envoy of old-fashioned charm and gentility, he has the reserve of the model representative: He straddles the fence, making concessions to both sides, committing himself only to maintaining the status quo. His career of service abroad is itself an evasion. He has never been able to stand up to his manipulative mother, and his routine weekly letters home attempt to cajole her into some...
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