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The Making of Henry
The Making of Henry
Author: Howard Jacobson
Acclaimed as Britain’s greatest and most underrated novelist, this is Howard Jacobson’s masterpiece. — One day, out of the blue, Henry Nagel receives a solicitor’s letter telling him he has inherited a sumptuous apartment in St. John’s Wood. Divine intervention? Or his late father’s love nest? Henry doesn’t kno...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780099472162
ISBN-10: 0099472163
Publication Date: 8/23/2005
Pages: 384
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Publisher: Vintage Books
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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British sexual comedy about a modern day Don Juan who happens to have problems with his father. "A writer who can make you laugh out loud on the bus" (The Observer). In the tradition of Kingsley Amis and David Lodge.
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What an unusual story! The main character and voice of the book is a real oddball, it's interesting to try to understand his odd take on things. The book reminds me a little of Confederacy of Dunces as well as The Ginger Man, but definitely not a carbon copy of either. Interesting and funny.


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