Whatever It Is, I Don't Like It by Howard Jacobson (Paperback, 2011)
Whatever It Is, I Don't Like It by Howard Jacobson (Paperback, 2011)
Whatever It Is, I Don't Like It by Howard Jacobson (Paperback, 2011)
Whatever It Is, I Don't Like It by Howard Jacobson (Paperback, 2011)
Whatever It Is, I Don't Like It by Howard Jacobson (Paperback, 2011)
Whatever It Is, I Don't Like It by Howard Jacobson (Paperback, 2011)
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Whatever It Is, I Don't Like It by Howard Jacobson

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 2010 Man Booker Prize, Howard Jacobson, brims with life in this collection of his most acclaimed journalism. From the unusual disposal of his father-in-law's ashes and the cultural wasteland of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang to the melancholy sensuality of Leonard Cohen and desolation of Wagner's tragedies, Jacobson writes with all the thunder and joy of a man possessed. Absurdity piles upon absurdity, and glorious sentences weave together to create a hilarious, heartbreaking and uniquely human collection. This book is t just a series of parts, but an irresistible, unputdownable sum which triumphantly out-Thurbers Thurber.

 

 Paperback | 368 pages

 153 x 234 x 30mm | 478g

 

 Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

 London, United Kingdom

 English

 Trade Paperback

 1408819422

 9781408819425

 

Condition: Good

A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover, including very minimal scuff marks, but no holes or tears. All pages are undamaged, with very minimal creasing but no tearing. No pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins. No missing pages.