Howard Jacobson is the author of six novels and four works of non-fiction. His last novel, The Mighty Walzer, won the Everyman Wodehouse Award for comic writing.
Howard Jacobson is one of the funniest writers alive... His writing pulsates with nerve and edge; it is colossal in its comic precision; at its best it simply tears you apart * The Times * Lucky Jim undated... Witty, observant, clever, a first-rate entertainment and something more besides * Guardian * Jacobson's humour is unashamedly savage and his jokes as sharp as a switch-blade... comic vitriol worthy of Evelyn Waugh * Sunday Express * The funniest book I’ve ever read… Every line is funny in a cutting, clever way -- Sophie Hannah * Daily Express * Every word of this novel rings true, and nothing is funnier than the truth. But as a master of creating laughter on the edge of pain, Jacobson also likes us to think -- Rosalind Miles * Week *