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Title: a better choice
Review: The conflict between religious identity and national identity is an important subject, but Bloom's book doesn't do it justice. Skip this book-- unless you are related to Stephen Bloom and have reason to care about his personal anxieties, you won't learn much. Buy David Kertzer's The Kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara instead-- serious treatment for a serious theme.
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