_______________ '[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 'Yes,
Jacobson is an entertainer ... And he does indeed entertain, but in
a way that stimulates rather than simply amuses' - Sunday Telegraph
'Nobody does it better than Jacobson' - Observer _______________ 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 2010 Man Booker Prize,
Howard Jacobson, brims with life in this collection of his most
acclaimed journalism. From the unusual disposal of his
father-in-law's ashes and the cultural wasteland of Chitty Chitty
Bang Bang to the melancholy sensuality of Leonard Cohen and
desolation of Wagner's tragedies, Jacobson writes with all the
thunder and joy of a man possessed. Absurdity piles upon absurdity,
and glorious sentences weave together to create a hilarious,
heartbreaking and uniquely human collection. This book is not just
a series of parts, but an irresistible, unputdownable sum which
triumphantly out-Thurbers Thurber. _______________ 'The no-nonsense
tone, coupled with a coherent defence of truth, even in
uncomfortable circumstances, shows the essayist as a natural
comedian' - Prospect 'Jacobson is one of the great
sentence-builders of our time. I feel I have to raise my game, even
just to praise ... In short, he is one of the great guardians of
language and culture - all of it. Long may he flourish' - Nicholas
Lezard, Guardian
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