Supernatural

Are You Kosher?: Memoirs of a Jewish Vampire by Russell Andresen

Wouldn't it be great to be immortal? What if the only catch was that you were a vampire who happened to also be a kosher Jew? What if your mother and grandmother were also immortal? Still interested? Enter the world of Isidore Glassman-Izzy to his friends. He's a 6,000-year-old vampire writing his memoirs, examining the contradictions in his own life while also pointing out the mistakes that he has personally witnessed mankind make throughout the centuries. From his experiences with Biblical icons-such as smoking hash with Judas and watching his mother flirt with Jesus over dinner-to conversations with historical figures such as Freud, Nostradamus, and John F. Kennedy, nothing is off limits. Politics, race, and religion are all fair game when this 6,000-year-old Vampire lets his pen do the talking. Join Izzy on this trip through the course of history from an eyewitness. For 6,000 years, he has watched; now, he's ready to kvetch.

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