Born in Poland 1933, lived in England 1939, dying in Australia 1962. The Tragedy of Izaak Levinsky is a self-reflection of the famous novelist's life, particularly of his year at Norwich School for Boys. In his feverish state, Levinsky writes about the struggles of being Jewish in an anti-Semitic world, the abuse he suffered at the hands of his mother, and the illegal love he felt for his best friend, Theodore Edwards. Oh, and a curse. But that's entirely unrelated. Right?