Tom Reiss's panoramic bestseller traces the true story of a Jew who transformed himself into a Muslim prince in Nazi Germany. Lrv Nussimbaum escaped the Russian Revolution in a camel caravan and, as "Essad Bey" and "Kurban Said", became a celebrated adventurer and author of the enduring novel Ali and Nino. But his success shielded a fatal secret. Reiss persued Nussimbaum's path around the world, from Azerbaijan to Berlin to Hollywood, and found himself caught in encounters as dramatic as surreal as his subject's life.