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Prisoner X / Rafael Epstein.
Van Pelt Library UB251.I78 E67 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Epstein, Rafael, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Zygier, Ben, 1976-2010.
- Zygier, Ben.
- Jews, Australian--Israel--Biography.
- Jews, Australian.
- Australians--Israel--Biography.
- Australians.
- Prisoners--Death.
- Prisoners.
- Intelligence service--Israel.
- Intelligence service.
- Israel.
- Espionage, Israeli.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 194 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : colour illustrations, colour portraits ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Carlton, Vic. : Melbourne University Press, 2014.
- Carlton, Victoria Melbourne University Press, 2014.
- Summary:
- The urgent phone call comes from behind the barbed wire. 'This is Ayalong prison,' says one of the guards urgently. 'Listen, he hanged himself, we need an ambulance.' Prisoner X, just 34 years old, was slumped in a small bathroom, separated from his cell by a transparent door.
- Contents:
- A Dar Day 1
- Boy
- The Ben I Knew 9
- Belonging 12
- His Father's Footsteps 14
- Student
- Dance and Song 19
- A Magical Year Away 20
- Aliyah 23
- Closing Ranks 25
- From Idealist to Activist 27
- Soldier
- Troubling Experiences 33
- Crash 34
- A Standout Guy 36
- Recruit
- The Approach 41
- An Organisation of Warriors 43
- Nothing Revealed 46
- Another Good Choice 48
- Spy
- The Basic Skills 51
- Lying for a Living 52
- Kiwi Conspiracy 54
- The Spymaster 59
- From Milan to Iran 61
- A Quick Coffee 64
- Shared Experiences 66
- Stuxnet 67
- Killer Instincts 71
- Suspect
- Raanana 75
- Under Pressure 77
- Contradictions 78
- Mood Swings 83
- The Heart of the Secret 86
- The Last Happy Occasion 89
- Out of the Blue 91
- An Act of Unusual Bastardry 94
- Prisoner
- A Chaotic Nexus 99
- Unnatural Causes 103
- One of the First 108
- Plundered Passports 110
- A Secret Fate 113
- The Deepest Concern 115
- Some Sort of Scam 121
- Out of the Loop 122
- Prisoner X
- Ayalon 125
- In Distress 129
- Kicking up a Fuss 134
- No Recollection 140
- The Man without a Name 143
- His Final Secret 147
- Uncomfortable Theories 150
- Out of Pocus 152
- Diplomacy by the Numbers 155
- In Shadow 157
- An Empty Bed 162
- Enigma
- An Unexplained Death 165
- Confusion and Pain 167
- A White-hot Story 168
- Another Prisoner X 173
- Greater Justice 176.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780522864403
- 0522864406
- OCLC:
- 873073310
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