Oh, Henry

About the Book

 "He's lucky to be a boy," Henry's mother says of her small, homely  son.

 "Why am I lucky to be a boy?" he asks.

 "Because girls need to be pretty. With boys, charm is what counts," his mother explains.

 Henry never really stops being a boy, a romantic, idealistic boy, and a bundle of sensitivities and insensitivities.

 Starting out as a young Jewish barrister in South Africa, Henry then moves to Israel with his wife Jennie.  But  he continues to be haunted by Penelope, the free-spirited Catholic beauty who was stolen from him by his best friend Jean.

 Written with whimsy, sexy, often funny and sometimes brimming with despair, OH, HENRY is a narrative of the seasons of their lives, as Henry, Jennie, Penelope and Jean play out the complicated web of their relationships.

About the Author

The author practiced as an advocate at the Johannesburg Bar before emigrating from Apartheid South Africa.. Since then he has been a real-estate agent, a financial planner, a travel agent and an advertising agent. In recent years he has dedicated himself to writing fiction. He and his wife live in Tel Aviv.