One country, one author: in Israel with Dov Alfon

By: Catherine Fruchon-Toussaint

Born in 1961, Dov Alfon grew up between France and Israel. A former Israeli intelligence officer, he was a reporter, investigator, and then editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Haaretz".

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His first novel, Unit 8200 , translated from English by Françoise Bouillot and published in France by Liana Levi editions , remained at the top of sales in Israel in 2016 and 2017. Translation rights were sold in twelve countries, and the television rights purchased by Keshet, the producers of Hatufim (the Israeli series that inspired Homeland ). Dov Alfon now lives in Paris where he is the correspondent.

(Replay of July 12, 2019)

French cover of the novel by Dov Alfon © Liana Levi

"The Israeli passenger freshly disembarked at Roissy did not think that his bad joke was going to turn out so badly. The blonde who served as bait did not know which macabre dance she was taking part in. The Chinese responsible for orchestrating the kidnapping had not not a clue what the bee-eater they were getting into. Or that a grain of sand had slipped into the well-oiled cogs of the great organized crime machine. But by the way, who's in control ? Mafias, secret services, governments "Between Paris and Tel Aviv, Washington and Macao, the wildest twenty-four hours that a French commissioner, a Chinese gang, a disillusioned Israeli officer and his intrepid deputy have ever known." (Presentation of the editor)

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