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Whatever It Is, I Don´t Like It
Howard Jacobson
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Description for Whatever It Is, I Don´t Like It
Paperback. A collection of 2010 Man Booker winner Howard Jacobson's most acclaimed journalism Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: DNJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 294. 368 pages. A collection of 2010 Man Booker winner Howard Jacobson's most acclaimed journalism. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DNJ. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 24. Weight: 296.
It takes a particular kind of man 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. But the hour passes. Good men return from fighting Satan in the wilderness the stronger for their struggle, and so do I. The winner of the ... Read more
It takes a particular kind of man 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. But the hour passes. Good men return from fighting Satan in the wilderness the stronger for their struggle, and so do I. The winner of the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781408822425
SKU
V9781408822425
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About Howard Jacobson
An award-winning writer and broadcaster, Howard Jacobson was born in Manchester, brought up in Prestwich and was educated at Stand Grammar School in Whitefield, and Downing College, Cambridge, where he studied under F. R. Leavis. He lectured for three years at the University of Sydney before returning to teach at Selwyn College, Cambridge. His novels include The Mighty Walzer (winner ... Read more
Reviews for Whatever It Is, I Don´t Like It
[An] acutely observed collection of occasional pieces that pick at absurdist life and reveal him to be a quiz, a cultural critic gifted with precise comic timing
The Times
Nobody does it better than Jacobson
Observer
Yes, Jacobson is an entertainer ... And he does indeed entertain, but in a way that stimulates rather than simply ... Read more
The Times
Nobody does it better than Jacobson
Observer
Yes, Jacobson is an entertainer ... And he does indeed entertain, but in a way that stimulates rather than simply ... Read more