Description
Description
In a glorious debut, a boy confronts queer lust, shame, the threat of war, and the plague of family on the day he becomes a man
At a banquet hall, at the onset of war, Adam Weizmann's bar mitzvah party turns into a glorious catastrophe. On the cusp of manhood--and the verge of a nervous breakdown--Adam has been bracing for his special day, mired in family neuroses and national dysfunction. In a chorus of voices, a fractious cast of well-wishers narrates Adam's coming-of-age in Israel: his newly devout father and the mystic rituals he practiced on his young son; his best friend, Abbie, who points the way to joyful transgression; Khalil, a Palestinian poet, who offers a glimpse of a different way to be; and Adam himself, filled with shame and desire as he faces the brokenness of his world. At once tender and lustful, a work of scathing satire and piercing insight, Mazeltov is a wholly original vision of a young man's quest to know his own heart.
About the Author
About the Author
Critical Reviews
Critical Reviews
Named one of the most anticipated books of 2025 by Bloomberg
A Debutiful Most Anticipated Debut Book of 2025
"A beautiful novel ... Each of these voices, characters, is so fully realized, so utterly credible and convincing."
--Neel Mukherjee, LitHub
"Bold and ambitious ... a deeply felt queer coming-of-age."
--The Chicago Review of Books
"Zuzovsky debuts with a shimmering novelization of his short film about an Israeli boy's coming-of-age."
--Publishers Weekly
"Each part of the novel is accomplished and beautifully written. With its generally melancholy and memorable tone, this excellent book will make readers feel lucky to discover it. Mazeltov to them!"
--Booklist
"A sweet, sly, mournful, and horny coming of age, written with heart-on-the-sleeve and politics in the pants. Mazeltov's passionately talented author has more than earned his title's congratulations and his readers' acclaim."
--Joshua Cohen, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Netanyahus
--Claire Messud, author of This Strange Eventful History "A deeply felt nov-el, wise to the mis-ery of ado-les-cence and of adulthood as well.... In a day when writ-ers are encour-aged to stay in their own lanes and not stray much beyond the bor-ders of their own being, I applaud Zuzovsky's brav-ery in bring-ing togeth-er such a diverse group of char-ac-ters."
--Jason K. Friedman, Jewish Book Council
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