From Pulitzer Prize-winning American author Herman Wouk, Inside,
Outside is a rich and compelling story - beautifully focused and often
hilarious....
Israel David Goodkind is a minor bureaucrat in the Nixon White House,
killing empty office time by writing the story of four generations of
his large, sprawling Russian Jewish immigrant family. As he recounts his
brief stint in show business, his torrid affair with a showgirl, and his
encounters with a hassled and distracted President Nixon, Goodkind also
witnesses historical events firsthand - the Watergate scandal, the Yom
Kippur War - and eventually finds his way back to his Jewish faith.
Combining Wouk's wildly funny streak with deeply religious passages -
and some intensely intimate romantic scenes rare in this reticent
author's work - Inside, Outside is a striking departure from the
traditional storytelling mode in which the author has won international
fame, and yet it may be the most truly characteristic of all his
writings. Written in the first person in a free-form, often ribald
style, playing antic tricks with time, it offers all the passion, depth,
historical detail, and humor that has made Wouk a best-selling author
around the world.
