# Panther In The Basement

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- Authors: [Amos Klausner](https://www.bookquiver.com/amos-oz)
- Language: en_GB
- Published: 2015-02-28
- Genres: Modern and contemporary fiction: literary and general, Historical fiction

## Description

‘One of the greatest prose writers in contemporary fiction’ The Times In the last years of British rule in Jerusalem, a lonely, bookish Israeli boy befriends a British soldier in this tale of friendship in the face of enmity. Jerusalem 1947 . British soldiers patrol the streets, and bullets and bombs are a nightly occurrence. Caught up in the fervour and unrest against the occupying forces,12-year old Proffy dreams of being an underground fighter. But some of his dreams are less heroic. Temptation lurks everywhere for the youth who wants to be a man – and betrayal not far behind.

## Editions

### Panther In The Basement

- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-00-9975-401-5
- Pages: 128
- Published: 2017-06-01
- Language: en_GB

### Panther In The Basement

- Publisher: vintage_digital
- Translated by: Nicholas de Lange
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-14-7352-054-7
- Published: 2015-02-28
- Language: en_GB

## This book in other languages

- [Pantera no porão](https://www.bookquiver.com/amos-oz/pt/pantera-no-porao) (pt_BR)