The Golem and the DjinniOne of only two novels I've ever loved whose main characters are not human BARBARA KINGSOLVER For fans of The Essex Serpent and The Mermaid and Mrs Hancock. By far my favourite book of of the year Guardian One cold night, two newcomers emerge onto the streets of 1899 New York, and it is never the same again. But these two are more than strangers to this land, they are strangers to this world. From the depths of folkloric history come Chava the golem,