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(Full disclosure: Ehud Banai is one of my favourite singers.) "זה המקום" is Ehud Banai's second book (I didn't read the first). It's a quasi-autobiographical work, divided into a few chapters, each from a different period in his life. Those who know Banai from his live shows know that, provided he's in the right mood, he will occasionally tell a short story from his past. Some of these stories, such as the one about one of his taxi rides where the driver did not recognize him and started bad-mouthing his work, have attained cult-like status. The stories in this book are reminiscent of these stories told on stage, but with the advantage of being longer and in writing. Banai's is a surprisingly talented writer, his prose carrying the reader into the world he inhabited in that particular moment of his life.… (mais)