[Pelham]

In the 80’s I encountered the works of Arthur Koestler, a one-time Hungarian Communist who broke with that faith and who went on to write some very good books- Arrow in the Blue, The Invisible Writing, The God that Failed.

Anyway I saw a curious book of his once called “Thirteenth Tribe: Khazar Empire and Its Heritage”. First time I had ever heard of “Khazars”.

I wonder what Koestler, a man of Jewish heritage who had once been sentenced to death by Spanish Fascists, would think of the latest fans of the theme of his book?

[SunkenCiv]

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/bloggers/2834625/posts?page=12#12

and:

http://www.google.com/search?q=thirteenth+tribe

The skinhead search hits are numerous.

[PIF]

Arthur Koestler is best known for “Darkness at Noon” - detailing the fate of progressives who support a successful socialist revolution.

For lighter reading on the Khazars, I suggest Milorad Pavic’s “Dictionary of the Khazars: A Lexicon Novel” - either the male or the female version - one paragraph is critically different.

On the periphery of the Khazars: Milorad Pavic’s “Landscape Painted with Tea”.

[PRePublic]

I see him as a confused soul. Poor guy. May the Alimighty have mercy on his soul.