A middle-aged Jewish man who fantasizes about being a Cowboy goes on an eccentric quest across Europe after the 1941 Nazi invasion of Lithuania in this wild and witty yet heartrending novel from the bestselling author of Yiddish for Pirates , shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize.
Since having his balls shot cleanly off as a youth in WWI, he\'s lived a quiet life at home in Vilni.
Motl is middle-aged, poor, nerdy, Jewish and in desperate need of a shave.
A middle-aged Jewish man who fantasizes about being a Cowboy goes on an eccentric quest across Europe after the 1941 Nazi invasion of Lithuania in this wild and witty yet heartrending novel from the bestselling author of Yiddish for Pirates , shortlisted for the Scotiabank Giller Prize
