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Howard Eric Jacobson (born 25 August 1942) is a British novelist and journalist. He writes comic novels that often revolve around the dilemmas of British Jewish characters. He is a Man Booker Prize winner.
Learn about the life and works of Howard Jacobson, a novelist and broadcaster who won the 2010 Man Booker Prize for Finkler Question. Explore his themes of Jewish identity, comedy, sex and literature in his fiction and non-fiction books.
Howard Jacobson has 66 books on Goodreads with 95344 ratings. Howard Jacobson’s most popular book is The Finkler Question.
Howard Jacobson was born in Manchester, England, and educated at Cambridge. His many novels include The Mighty Walzer (winner of the Bollinger Everyman W...
Sep 21, 2020 · The Booker Prize-winning author of The Finkler Question and Live A Little shares his literary influences, from D. H Lawrence to Philip Roth. He reveals how he found refuge in Dickens, brought Austen to Australia and had a disappointing encounter with Roth.
Jan 26, 2024 · The 81-year-old Howard Jacobson is often referred to as “the English Philip Roth” for his sardonic humour, skirt-chasing protagonists and focus on Jewish identity.
Jan 20, 2024 · The acclaimed novelist on the October 7 massacre, writing a tender love story – and why he’s now ‘too old to be ashamed of feeling’. At the age of 81, Howard Jacobson, master of splenetic ...
