Janna Nadler reviews “Fervor” by Toby Lloyd

Janna Nadler does great book reviews especially ones with thought provoking subjects.

Toby Lloyd has written a magnificent, suspenseful debut novel! Fervor, centres on religion and politics but with a light touch. In its unpacking of a family after the loss of its Holocaust-survivor patriarch, Fervor serves as a parable for the loss of a global accord created after World War II. However, Fervor is at its heart a family story—where personal allegiances compete with obligations to history and to forces that offer both consolation and devastation.

“Lloyd’s suspenseful debut novel propels the reader deep into the heart of an idiosyncratic—and decidedly dysfunctional—family. . . Infused with motifs from Jewish folklore and classic  films, Fervor animates themes of betrayal, belief and the past’s long tail.” —The Guardian