Michael Fertik presents his novel, Hip Set.

Oscar Orleans is a Congolese refugee in Israel, the only Hebrew-speaking liaison to the African refugee community living in Tel Aviv’s worst slum.

When a young South Sudanese immigrant is murdered, Oscar ventures into the heart of the Sudanese underground, Israel’s hyper- violent Russian mafia, and a mystery that has been dormant for years near the shores of the Dead Sea.

Michael Fertik is a published fiction author, poet, produced film writer and playwright.  His writing has won fiction, poetry and film prizes and includes a New York Times Bestseller, The Reputation Economy.