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Sefton Goldberg, in his thirties, is trapped teaching English at Wrottesley Polytechnic College; he desperately wants the Disraeli Fellowship at Holy Christ Hall, Cambridge, but is also aware of his drawbacks as an urban Jew in a sea of Anglo-Saxons -- his dislike of beer, nature and sports.
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Howard Jacobson is the author of four works of nonfiction and several novels, including The Finkler Question, which won the Man Booker Prize; The Mighty Walzer, which won the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Award for comic writing; and Who's Sorry Now?, which was long-listed for the Booker Prize. He has a weekly column for The Independent and regularly reviews and writes for The Guardian, The Times, and The Evening Standard. Jacobson has also done several specials for British television. He lives in London.
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"Howard Jacobson is one of the funniest writers alive... His writing pulsates with nerve and edge; it is colossal in its comic precision; at its best it simply tears you apart" * The Times * "Lucky Jim undated... Witty, observant, clever, a first-rate entertainment and something more besides" * Guardian * "Jacobson's humour is unashamedly savage and his jokes as sharp as a switch-blade... comic vitriol worthy of Evelyn Waugh" * Sunday Express *
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- PublisherHogarth Press
- Publication date1983
- ISBN 10 0701126582
- ISBN 13 9780701126582
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages202
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Coming from Behind: A Novel
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Book Description Hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. This is a Near Fine Copy of this Book in Publisher's blue coloured cloth with bright gilt title lettering to spine,in a Near Fine Dust-Jacket,that has no chips or tears to the outer edges of the wrapper but with sunned spine.Not Price clipped (with £7.95 showing to inner flap) This copy has been Signed by Howard Jacobson on the Title Page.The Author's first major novel and an uncompromisingly hysterical Jewish Novel.The book has a firm binding with no hinge weakness and with no leaning to spine.The text block remains clean internally with just a little spotting to the top edge of the book.A great addition to any collection of his works with the dust-jacket well protected in a removable cover sleeve,8vo 202pp First UK Edition 1st Impression [1983]. Signed by Author(s). Seller Inventory # 77553
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Book Description Blue Cloth. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Mick McManus (cover) (illustrator). First Edition. Jacobson's first novel stars Sefton Goldberg who is, " . . . gnawingly aware of being an urban Jew islanded in a sea of country-loving Anglo-Saxons. " (front flap) Blue cloth covered boards have as-new gilt text on spine only. 202 pp. Spine ends are slightly rubbed. Price-clipped DJ has light edge/shelf wear, spine sunned. Bookseller's Inventory # 160527. Seller Inventory # 000527
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