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    Joshua Cohen: Moving Kings

    In the family novel, Moving Kings, Joshua Cohen weaves together the tragedy of Israeli occupation with an American housing crisis.

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    By Michael Silverblatt • Jul 13, 2017 • 28m Listen

    Joshua Cohen weaves together the tragedy of Israeli occupation with an American housing crisis. David King, the protagonist of Moving Kings (Random House), owns a moving company he built from the ground up. He attempts to expand his empire by hiring Israeli cousins to work as movers. Veterans of the Gaza War, they become goons who ruthlessly evict families from their homes. Cohen reveals that this family novel, set in contemporary New Jersey, was loosely inspired by the biblical story of King David.

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