In bookshop owner and former Congressman Steve Israel’s third novel, "The Einstein Conspiracy" (Compass Rose, $23.95 or $34.95), the author brings to life the story of a Nazi plot to abduct Albert Einstein in the 1930s. Israel splits his time between Oyster Bay and Orient Point, where a good portion of his new book takes place.

Israel, who will speak with Alex DeMille about the book at Gold Coast Cinema at LIU Post in Brookville on Tuesday, chatted by phone about Einstein’s Long Island, how history always repeats itself, and trading the halls of D.C. for the stacks of his bookshop, Theodore's Books in Oyster Bay , where, he jokes, his staff recently promoted him to junior bookseller.

How much of the book is true?

As a congressman, I was prone to slight exaggeration and spin. Turns o

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