shylock is my name review - howard jacobson takes...
A bold retelling of The Merchant of Venice,set in 21st-century footballers’ Cheshire, subverts and...
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shylock is my name by howard jacobson review - a...
Shylock meets his modern doppelganger in the novelist’s playful examination of what it means to be...
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if you want me at your party, you d better get...
Jonas Kaufmann has asked me over the same evening Philip Roth wants a game of dartsDecember is the...
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howard jacobson: i sailed through the air with...
This plunge was special. I maintain never before,of my own physical volition, flown. I am an...
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howard jacobson: trump in the white house - that...
In the early hours as the US election result became apparent,the novelist was at his desk beginning...
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pussy by howard jacobson review - quickfire satire...
The ‘Jewish Jane Austen’ delves into politics for this fable,but despite wit and elegance he...
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howard jacobson: the later you marry the better....
The novelist,73, on adore, or uncertainty and the energising effect of being offended by artAll...
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how many of us still read a book in bed?
Once I couldnt sleep until I’d read 30 pages of a novel. Now I watch the news until lateSomeone...
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