The Mighty Walzer: A Novel - Softcover

Jacobson, Howard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1608196852 ISBN 13: 9781608196852

Publisher: Bloomsbury USA, 2011

Synopsis

From the beginning Oliver Walzer is a natural--at ping-pong. Even with his improvised bat (the Collins Classic edition of Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde) he can chop, flick, half-volley like a champion. At sex he is not a natural, being shy and frightened of women, but with tuition from Sheeny Waxman, fellow member of the Akiva Social Club Table Tennis team, his game improves. And while the Akiva boys teach him everything he needs to know about ping-pong, his father, Joel Walzer, teaches him everything there is to know about "swag." Unabashedly autobiographical, this is an hilarious and heartbreaking story of one man's coming of age in 1950's Manchester.

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From the Inside Flap:

Oliver Walzer is a natural at ping-pong. He can chop, flick, half-volley like a champion. At sex he is not a natural, but with tuition from Sheeny Waxman, his game improves. Unabashedly autobiographical, this is Howard Jacobson's masterpiece.

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From the Back Cover:

"The most dangerously funny writer in the English language." - Sunday Times

About this edition

• Publisher: Bloomsbury USA
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1608196852
• ISBN 13: 9781608196852
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 400