Interviewed for The Daily Telegraph (April 2003). http://www.telegraph.co.uk/arts/main.jhtml;$sessionid$FUVRY4DIEVBSTQFIQMFCFF4AVCBQYIV0?xml=/arts/2003/04/27/bojac27.xml&sSheet=/arts/2003/04/27/bomain.html
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All those words of praise they use for novels – spare, economical. Why should I shell out £17 for economical?
— Howard Jacobson
What It Means
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About Howard Jacobson
Howard Jacobson (born 24 August 1942) is a British comic novelist, non-fiction writer and former academic.
About Howard Jacobson
Howard Jacobson (born 24 August 1942) is a British comic novelist, non-fiction writer and former academic.
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