Mother's Boy - with Howard Jacobson
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Howard Jacobson on Jewishness
Howard Jacobson writes brilliantly but he also speaks brilliantly I mean if speaking of talking was an Olympic sport you know he would be a gold medalist because he speaks in these perfectly formed paragraphs and a phrase the structure of every thought anyway it is a joy to listen to him on on any subject. To be criticized by him feels like a compliment just because he writes and speaks so eloquentlySo much brilliant writing in there if you haven't read him you have that joy to look forward to so lucky you, we have awards to hand out we doI think coming from behind is one of those books that you can laugh and cry out loud his first one I think the mighty waltzer is be
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