Howard Jacobson is winner of the Man Booker Prize
Jacobson poses with his book "The Finkler Question" in London. (Reuters)
Howard Jacobson's comedy about anti-Semitism, "The Finkler Question," won the $79,000 Man Booker Prize in London Tuesday, beating "Parrot & Olivier in America," by two-time winner Peter Carey and Emma Donoghue's popular "Room." Jacobson, 68, who remains far better known in his native England than in this country, has been a prolific writer of comic novels, mostly about Jews and Jewish identity, since 1983. Several have landed on the Booker long list.
Read Ron Charles's full review of "The Finkler Question."
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| October 12, 2010; 5:00 PM ET
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The Omnivore has pored over newspapers and literary journals to bring you all the reviews for the shortlisted books ... including the reviews for thw winner: Howard Jacobson's The Finkler Question.
Read our roundups here:
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