Gripping novel about Israel-Palestine conflict set for TV dramatisation
Nathan Englander’s Dinner At The Center Of The Earth will be adapted by Homeland creators Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa
Homeland creators Howard Gordon and Alex Gansa are set to adapt
Dinner At The Center Of The Earth, Nathan Englander’s gripping novel about the Israeli-Palestine conflict, for a new television drama.
The book by Englander (pictured) revolves around Prisoner Z, who is being held at a secret prison site in Israel’s Negev Desert. He’s an Israeli spy who betrayed his native country to atone for actions that led to the death of innocent individuals – and perhaps break the cycle of violence in the region.
Gordon and Gansa have worked together on numerous shows, including 24, and converted the hit Israeli series Prisoners of War into Homeland for American audiences. That show earned the pair two Emmys, including for best drama series.
Englander, who grew up Orthodox and usually writes on Jewish themes (he told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency last year that everything down to “the weather” in his books is Jewish), has published five acclaimed books.
His latest, Kaddish.com, involves a Charedi man who leaves his religious community and then returns to it.
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