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you meant ONE book!

Fortunately, the Google cleared things up for me.

The Flounder http://www.amazon.com/Flounder-Helen-Kurt-Wolff-Book/dp/0156319357

The Rat http://www.amazon.com/The-Rat-Gunter-Grass/dp/015675830X/ref=pd_bxgy_b_text_b

There are plenty of Israelis who believe that their government has overreacted. See, e.g., http://www.haaretz.com/opinion/israel-has-reacted-with-hysteria-over-gunter-grass-1.423312

From the article:

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The emotions can be understood, but it's hard to accept the overreaction. When the interior minister says, "If Gunter Grass wants to continue to distribute his false and distorted works, I suggest he do so from Iran, where he'll find an appreciative audience," he doesn't even detect the irony in his words. Because it's precisely his decision not to let Grass enter Israel because of a poem he wrote that is characteristic of dark regimes like those in Iran or North Korea.

The combination of declarations against Israel and a past as a Nazi soldier is an explosive combination that invites sharp reactions. But while Benjamin Netanyahu's remark describing Grass' work as "ignorant and shameful declarations that any fair person in the world must condemn" can be accepted as part of the public debate, Yishai's use of his governmental authority is not legitimate. Any protest should be expressed within the democratic-liberal framework, which allows every person to express his views - provocative though they may be.
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