Whatever It Is, I Don't Like It: The Best of Howard Jacobson - Softcover

Jacobson, Howard

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9781608197989: Whatever It Is, I Don't Like It: The Best of Howard Jacobson

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ISBN 10: 1608197980 ISBN 13: 9781608197989

Publisher: Bloomsbury Pub Plc USA, 2012

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"It takes a particular kind of man," writes Howard Jacobson, "to want an embroidered polo player astride his left nipple. Occasionally, when I am tired and emotional, or consumed with self-dislike, I try to imagine myself as someone else, a wearer of Yarmouth shirts and fleecy sweats, of windbreakers and rugged Tyler shorts, of baseball caps with polo players where the section of the brain that concerns itself with aesthetics is supposed to be. Good men return from fighting Satan in the wilderness the stronger for their struggle, and so do I."

Jacobson brims with life in this collection of his most acclaimed columns from the Independent. From the unusual disposal of his father-in-law's ashes and the cultural wasteland of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang to the melancholy sensuality of Leonard Cohen and the desolation of Wagner's tragedies, Jacobson writes with all the thunder and joy of a man possessed. Absurdity piles upon absurdity, and glorious sentences accrete to create a uniquely human collection, at times hilarious, at others heartbreaking, and always irresistibly entertaining.

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Praise for The Finkler Question:

'The depth of human understanding and lightness of touch combine in beautiful and compelling ways. It is all that it seems and always more than it seems: plangent, forthright but subtle, always melancholy and funny' (Sir Andrew Motion)

'A real giant, a great, great writer' (Jonathan Safran Foer)

'Another masterpiece ... How is it possible to read Howard Jacobson and not lose oneself in admiration for the music of his language, the power of his characterisation and the penetration of his insight?' (The Times)

'Brilliant ... The greatest novelist working in Britain today' (Mail on Sunday)

Book Description:

A collection of 2010 Man Booker winner Howard Jacobson's most acclaimed journalism

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