Howard Jacobson

Books on prize lists

• J

  Written in English

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  Booker 2014 · Shortlist

  J

  J

  Howard Jacobson · 72 when first published

  Novel · 352 pages · Speculative, Love

  AIAI-generated summary:Long after a catastrophe no one will name, a woodcarver in a seaside village, who touches his lips whenever he says a word beginning with J, falls in love with a young woman who knows nothing of her own past.

• The Finkler Question

  Written in English

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  Booker 2010 · ★ Winner

  The Finkler Question

  The Finkler Question

  Howard Jacobson · 68 when first published

  Novel · 307 pages

  AIAI-generated summary:After an evening with two recently widowed friends, the celebrity philosopher Sam Finkler and their old teacher Libor, a former BBC radio producer named Julian Treslove is mugged on his way home and begins to doubt who he is.