The Making of Henry

Howard Jacobson

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English

Vintage
01 August 2005

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

A riotous comedy about the ghosts of the past and the surprises of the present, from the master of farce and winner of the Man Booker Prize 2010.

One day, out of the blue, Henry Nagel inherits a sumptuous apartment in St John's Wood. Divine intervention? Or his late father's love nest? Henry doesn't know, but he is glad to escape the North. After nearly sixty years of angry disappointment, Henry's life is about to change.

Not that the ghosts of Henry's past are prepared to disappear without a struggle - his old school-friend and rival Osmond 'Hovis' Belkin, currently enjoying success in Hollywood; his tragic great aunt Marghanita for whom Henry once entertained a dangerous passion; and his father Izzi, upholsterer turned illusionist, fire-eater and origamist, whose shade Henry interrogates relentlessly. But the present clamours as loudly as the past. His dyspeptic neighbour Lachlan wants his sympathy; Lachlan's sloppy red setter, Angus, wants a walk; and Moira, the waitress with the crooked smile and custard hair, seems to want him. Kicking and screaming every inch of the way, Henry realises he might finally be falling in love.

By: Howard Jacobson
Imprint: Vintage
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 128mm, Spine: 22mm
Weight: 246g
ISBN: 9780099472162
ISBN 10: 0099472163
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 01 August 2005
Recommended Age: From 0 years
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Howard Jacobson is the author of seven novels and four works of nonfiction. He won the Everyman Wodehouse Award for comic writing in 1999 for The Mighty Walzer.

Reviews for The Making of Henry

"""Our funniest living writer"" Alison Pearson ""One of the country's very best writers. The British Philip Roth"" -- Jonathan Freedland ""Jacobson's writing is as luscious and funny as ever... You're never far from comic brilliance"" Daily Telegraph ""This is a beautifully rounded portrait of a man gazing into the prism of the past... And love, no less, is the key, exquisitely articulated and celebrated"" Sunday Telegraph ""Terrific... Jacobson is at the top of his form"" Evening Standard"