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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. Some shelf wear but otherwise a good copy
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
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Number of Pages
368
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781408819425
SKU
KEC0001582
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 2 to 4 working days
Ref
99-1
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
Praise for The Finkler Question: `The depth of human understanding and lightness of touch combine in beautiful and compelling ways. It is all that it seems and always more than it seems: plangent, forthright but subtle, always melancholy and funny'
Sir Andrew Motion
'A real giant, a great, great writer'
Jonathan Safran Foer
`Another masterpiece ... Read more
Sir Andrew Motion
'A real giant, a great, great writer'
Jonathan Safran Foer
`Another masterpiece ... Read more