Jacob's Advice

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"Jacob's Advice is the story of Larry Frost, a British doctor living in Paris, who is convinced he is Jewish. The tale is told through the eyes of his sceptical cousin, Nick Newman, who listens and laughs, suffers and waits, as he tries to understand his own place in the world. Following the terrorist attacks on Charlie Hebdo and the kosher supermarket in January 2015, Paris appears to be back to business-as-usual. Yet tensions run deep and the two cousins are about to get drawn into the slipstream . . . Larry's quest for his true identity, through the fractured, uneasy, magical streets of Paris, reaches its climax in Amsterdam, where the mysterious Jacob Bloom reveals a family secret linked to the dark days of WWII that will change both cousins' lives forever. Set against a backdrop of increased extremism, nationalism, and the resurgence of antisemitism, Jacob's Advice is an urgent and topical exploration of identity, race, family, modern Europe, and the inescapable nature of the past. It's also a love letter to Paris and a reflection on its recent tragedy." -- From publisher's website