THE TRANSPORT

In his younger days, Adam Ben Coleman served as an officer on a ship that transported sheep and calves to slaughter. Now it is 2061 100 years since the trial of Adolf Eichmann -- and Coleman is sitting in his cell awaiting trial for his part in the "live transport" industry, now outlawed.

While he fights to prove his innocence, Coleman is forced to face his past his relationship with his parents, and with Jane, the ship's veterinarian. He seeks to understand what pushed him towards evil now that he must justify his actions to the world, and to himself. What happens in a world of shifting values, when society decides to prosecute acts that were once the norm? Does the value of human dignity apply also to animals? Can we achieve true atonement, or will Coleman's trial only cheapen the idea of justice? Elad Zeret, a noted poet, literary critic, and lecturer, is currently the editor of Yediot Achronot's Literary and Culture weekly supplement. The Transport is his first novel. English translation by Zoe Jordan.