Mother's Boy - A Writer's Beginnings (Paperback)

'One of the all-time great memoirs' Daily Telegraph 'Wonderful...candid, shrewd and moving' William Boyd 'Laugh-out-loud glorious and uproarious' Simon Schama Howard Jacobson's funny, revealing and tender memoir of his path to becoming a writer. Howard Jacobson was forty when his first novel was published. In Mother's Boy, he traces the life that brought him there. Born into a working-class Jewish family in 1940s Manchester, he did not lack encouragement or subject matter. Jacobson takes us from childhood and studying at Cambridge, through landing in Sydney as a maverick young professor, and on to his first marriage and the birth of his son. Later, he begins new - and often surprising - ventures in places as disparate as London, Wolverhampton, Boscastle and Melbourne. Infused with bittersweet memories of Jacobson's parents and friends, this is the story of a writer's beginnings, and of learning to understand who you are before you can become the writer you were meant to be. 'Hilariously brilliant' David Baddiel 'Howard Jacobson brilliantly transforms calamity into rip-roaring comedy' Craig Brown, Mail on Sunday

General

Imprint:	Vintage
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	May 2023
Authors:	Howard Jacobson
Dimensions:	198 x 129 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	288
ISBN-13:	978-1-5291-1567-3
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > General Books > Sport & Leisure > General
LSN:	1-5291-1567-1
Barcode:	9781529115673

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