Leon Uris - Mitla Pass

I enjoyed this book a lot. So far the best I've read from Uris. Where characters in other books remain little developed, because of the main plot/storyline, in Mitla Pass multiple characters are shown to their full extent. The theme of fears that people experience is (of course) not exactly new, but in this novel it's described in a superb way. Not unlike the great 19th century Russian writers.

Historically interesting as well. It describes life in the Pale of Settlement at the end of the 19th century, beginning 20th century, as well as the Jewish communities at the US east coast in the beginning of last century.