Muriel Spark - The Mandelbaum Gate

Details
Paperback - Used

Rating
3.5/5 Goodreads

Synopsis
On a pilgrimage to the Holy Places of Jordan, Barbara Vaughan (half Jewish, Catholic convert, engaged to a Dead Sea Scrolls archaeologist) meets Freddy Hamilton (diplomat, celibate, poet) in Jerusalem. Ignoring his warning that she will be arrested because of her Jewish blood, Barbara embarks on a pilgrimage that becomes a flight... a rout... a desperate adventure of abduction and espionage... a switchback of tragedy and farce... a love story, sacred and profane.