Foreskin's Lament av Shalom Auslander

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<p>Shalom Auslander was raised with a terrified respect for God. Even as he grew up, defying and eventually being cast out of his community, he could not find his way to a life in which he wasn’t locked in a daily struggle with Him. <i>Foreskin’s Lament</i> is a rich and fascinating portrait of a man grappling with his faith, his family and his community.<br><br> ‘Bracing and witty . . . Never, frankly, can there have been a more blasphemous book . . . <i>Foreskin’s Lament</i> somehow expresses the ideas of Richard Dawkins in the tone of David Sedaris. You can read it for the humour, you can read it as reportage into a secretive and bizarre world, you can read it as a personal tale of triumph over adversity, or you can just read it for the misery. It doesn’t really matter. But do read it’ William Sutcliffe, <i>Independent on Sunday </i><br><br> ‘One of the funniest books I’