Moacyr Scliar
Birth date: March 23, 1937
Died: February 27, 2011
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In 1916 in a shtetl near Odessa, Benjamin Kantarovitch, known as Mousy, is at a loss for what to do with his life. When his communist friend Yossi can't complete a secret mission from Trotsky himself, Mousy sees his calling. He sneaks across the border and makes it all the way to Prague . . . where ...