Howard Jacobson

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in Manchester, England, The United Kingdom

August 25, 1942

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Howard Jacobson was born in Manchester, England, and educated at Cambridge. His many novels include The Mighty Walzer (winner of the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize), Who’s Sorry Now? and Kalooki Nights (both longlisted for the Man Booker Prize), and, most recently, The Act of Love. Jacobson is also a respected critic and broadcaster, and writes a weekly column for the Independent. He lives in London.

Profile of Howard Jacobson in The New York Times.

“The book's appeal to Jewish readers is obvious, but like all great Jewish art — the paintings of Marc Chagall, the books of Saul Bellow, the films of Woody Allen — it is Jacobson's use of the Jewish experience to explain the greater human one that sets it apart. Who among us is so certain of...more

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Finding the sweetest way to be insulting to someone is one of the few consolations left to us

Why all this mollycoddling of swivel-eyed loons? I take the point that Mr Cameron can’t be seen to endorse such a view of those who toil in sleepy villages and hamlets to keep the country sleepily Conservative, and might prefer his senior colleagues to speak more respectfully of them, at least in the hearing of the wazzcock rubbernecks of the press. Discretion, lads. But I don’t doubt that in t...

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Howard Jacobson's Books

Average rating: 2.84 · 7,788 ratings · 1,638 reviews · 30 distinct works · Similar authors

	The Finkler Question 2.73 of 5 stars 2.73 avg rating — 6,426 ratings — published 2010 — 31 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Kalooki Nights 3.36 of 5 stars 3.36 avg rating — 274 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Mighty Walzer 3.34 of 5 stars 3.34 avg rating — 151 ratings — published 1999 — 6 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Zoo Time 2.91 of 5 stars 2.91 avg rating — 166 ratings — published 2012 — 8 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Act of Love 3.25 of 5 stars 3.25 avg rating — 122 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Coming From Behind 3.62 of 5 stars 3.62 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 1984 — 8 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Whatever It Is, I Don’t Like It 3.6 of 5 stars 3.60 avg rating — 62 ratings — published 2011 — 7 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Making of Henry 3.2 of 5 stars 3.20 avg rating — 55 ratings — published 2004 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	No More Mr. Nice Guy 2.67 of 5 stars 2.67 avg rating — 75 ratings — published 1998 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In The Land Of Oz 3.42 of 5 stars 3.42 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 2011 — 6 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“So many unhappy women out there. Such a sea of female misery.”
― Howard Jacobson, The Finkler Question

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“But what is the imagination for if not tto grasp how the world feels to those who don't think what you think?”
― Howard Jacobson, The Finkler Question

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“It's never over till it's over with a friend.”
― Howard Jacobson, The Finkler Question

tags: friendship

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