"Nothing links person to person like the frequent passage from hand to hand of a good book."

A wandering book -- the karma of literature!

This is a very different kind of book. I can see why Howard Jacobson wins awards for his writing. It is powerful and memorable. The story is both humorous and distressing. I prefer more dialogue in a story usually, and more plot, but what dialogue there was felt very genuine. I enjoyed especially Ch. 5 and 9 The conversation between Julian and Hephzibah about whether a nebbish knows he's a nebbish - priceless. The entire work is an inside and outsie lok at what it is to be a Jew.

Winner of the 2010 Man Booker Prize.

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