Where can you meet a Shakespearean hero, talk to him, and invite him to your home? Simon Strulovitch meets Shylock from “The Merchant of Venice” in a cemetery. The two characters have a lot in common: both are rich, both have wives who have passed away, and their daughters show excessive independence. This is only the beginning of a complex friendship.
Booker Prize winner Howard Jacobson with biting irony and wit conveys the letter and spirit of Shakespeare.