The King David Report

The King David Report
Author: Stefan Heym
Publisher: Northwestern University Press
Total Pages: 257
Release: 1997
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0810115379

In this retelling of one of the great Biblical stories, King Solomon commissions Ethan the Scribe to write the official history of King David. But Ethan finds another life behind the curtain that divides the past from the present--the story of a David who seduced, lied, bragged, and plundered his way to power. Ethan faces a dilemma. Which life should he write about?