Tuesday the Rabbi Saw Red
Written by Harry Kemelman
Narrated by George Guidall
4.5/5
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Harry Kemelman
Harry Kemelman (1908–1996) was best known for his popular rabbinical mystery series featuring the amateur sleuth Rabbi David Small. Kemelman wrote twelve novels in the series, the first of which, Friday the Rabbi Slept Late, won the Edgar Award for Best First Novel. This book was also adapted as an NBC made-for-TV movie, and the Rabbi Small Mysteries were the inspiration for the NBC television show Lanigan’s Rabbi. Kemelman’s novels garnered praise for their unique combination of mystery and Judaism, and with Rabbi Small, the author created a protagonist who played a part-time detective with wit and charm. Kemelman also wrote a series of short stories about Nicky Welt, a college professor who used logic to solve crimes, which were published in a collection entitled The Nine Mile Walk. Aside from being an award-winning novelist, Kemelman, originally from Boston, was also an English professor.
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Friday the Rabbi Slept Late Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Sunday the Rabbi Stayed Home Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Saturday the Rabbi Went Hungry Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Monday the Rabbi Took Off Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Tuesday the Rabbi Saw Red Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Thursday the Rabbi Walked Out Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Wednesday the Rabbi Got Wet Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Day the Rabbi Resigned Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Someday the Rabbi Will Leave Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Conversations with Rabbi Small Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5One Fine Day the Rabbi Bought a Cross Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5That Day the Rabbi Left Town Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5In the fifth of the books featuring Rabbi David Small and his friend police chief Lanigan, the rabbi takes on a part-time job lecturing in Jewish Studies at the Windemere Christian College. His colleagues there include the young radical Roger Fine and the subtly anti-semitic John Hendryx, acting head of English. While Rabbi Small discovers that things have changed in education since his day, some of Fine's fellow radicals among the students find that his contract is not being renewed, and try to take action. After their meeting with Dean Millicent Hanbury breaks up, a bomb goes off in the room they had been using, which apparently causes the death of Hendryx in his nearby office. All is not what it seems, however, and when Fine is arrested for murder the Rabbi applies some of his trademark Talmudic logic to find the real culprit. As usual, the murder itself is only part of the book's raison d'etre, and we get more information about Judaism into the bargain. Well worth an occasional re-read.
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- Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5I enjoy this view of the 70's from my parents' generation. I'm starting to wonder if he ever got the hang of making the killer less obvious.