The Bookshop at the End of the Internet

Author Ben Gonshor discusses his new novel, The Book of Izzy, in which a man named Izzy finds himself at a dead end in his career, his romance, and his life in general. But Izzy has the opportunity to play the main character in The Dybbuk, a play that is considered Yiddish theater’s Romeo and Juliet, and the novel follows Izzy’s journey from going off his meds, to experiencing the world of amateur dramatics, to ultimately discovering the impact that Yiddish theater has on his identity and his search for meaning in his life.