Shortlisted for the Goldsmiths Prize 2014.
Shortlisted for The Man Booker Prize 2014.
For thirty years Jacobson has stuck to his roots, mining his own life for material … until now for, with this book, he has switched to making things up. The result is a triumph. Set in the future and revolving round a tender love story, Jacobson has created a strange society. Hanging over everything is an event, or series of events, that happened some time in the 2010/20s, referred to as What Happened, if it Happened. Gradually we learn more. The lovers are innocent which gives an emotional intensity to the whole thing as we flit back through family histories. This is a rich and important book, utterly brilliant.
| Primary Genre | Modern and Contemporary Fiction |
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J by Howard Jacobson
J features in the following genres: Modern and Contemporary Fiction, eBooks of the Month, General Fiction, Fiction, Recommendations
J is available in Ebook, Hardback
J was written by Howard Jacobson and published by Random House Publishing Group
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