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This earlier title by Jacobson, the 2010 Booker Prize winner for The Finkler Question, is further proof that the author deserves his literary reputation. A funny and perceptive coming-of-age story, it follows Oliver Walzer, member of an extended Jewish family in 1950s Manchester, England. Surrounded by aunts and steeped in the culture brought over from eastern Europe, Oliver starts as a shy and observant...Log In or Sign Up to Read More