tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4322995747669796194.post6620777308544912064..comments2024-02-09T16:00:40.486+01:00Comments on Edith's Miscellany: Book Review: The Mighty Walzer by Howard JacobsonEdith LaGrazianahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07885017198423641770noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4322995747669796194.post-68301490038390371762016-08-27T16:41:06.500+02:002016-08-27T16:41:06.500+02:00Considering your comment and that of Stephanie Jan...Considering your comment and that of Stephanie Jane, Howard Jacobson seems to be quite a controversial writer. Understandably so! His sense of humour certainly isn't to everybody's taste. I know only this one book of his that I reviewed and it's an early work.<br /><br />Anyways, thanks for your comment and for drawing my attention to <i>The Finkler Question</i> and to his latest novel <i>Shylock is My Name</i>.Edith LaGrazianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07885017198423641770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4322995747669796194.post-36264045409795791252016-08-27T16:36:44.279+02:002016-08-27T16:36:44.279+02:00I haven't read The Finkler Question or any oth...I haven't read <i>The Finkler Question</i> or any other book of Howard Jacobson. However, "self-indulgent" may be a good word to describe this one too, but then it's the story of a teenage boy meaning that it's probably quite appropriate to have the not particularly successful protagonist scratching on old age tell it just in this way.<br /><br />I'm glad that you liked my review of <i>The Mighty Walzer</i> because it gives you an idea of the book. I can hardly expect to achieve more. Thanks for your comment!Edith LaGrazianahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07885017198423641770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4322995747669796194.post-30231727061151633502016-08-27T08:56:13.857+02:002016-08-27T08:56:13.857+02:00I have read two books by Howard Jacobson and enjoy...I have read two books by Howard Jacobson and enjoyed both: The Finkler Question and Shylock is My Name. I like how he can be both erudite and witty at the same time. Your review reminded me to read more of his books.Judy Kruegerhttp://keepthewisdom.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4322995747669796194.post-74571493810310686422016-08-26T23:44:03.752+02:002016-08-26T23:44:03.752+02:00I've only read one Howard Jacobson book, The F...I've only read one Howard Jacobson book, The Finkler Question, which I didn't enjoy at all and found it very self-indulgent. My partner did quite like the book though so maybe I needed to be an older man to understand it!<br />I liked reading your The Mighty Walzer review as it gives me a good sense of this novel, its strengths and weaknesses.<br /><br />Stephanie Jane @ <a href="http://litflits.blogspot.co.uk" rel="nofollow">Literary Flits</a>Stephanie Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16071958445763105060noreply@blogger.com