Redback [Import] [Paperback]

Howard Jacobson (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 368 pages
• Publisher: Black Swan; paperback / softback edition (1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0552992526
• ISBN-13: 978-0552992527
• Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 4.9 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,890,546 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

An award-winning writer and broadcaster, Howard Jacobson was born in Manchester, brought up in Prestwich and was educated at Stand Grammar School in Whitefield, and Downing College, Cambridge, where he studied under F. R. Leavis. He lectured for three years at the University of Sydney before returning to teach at Selwyn College, Cambridge. His novels include The Mighty Walzer (winner of the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize), Kalooki Nights (longlisted for the Man Booker Prize) and, most recently, the highly acclaimed The Act of Love. Howard Jacobson lives in London.

Customer Reviews

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent humorous book on human nature and Western society, June 27, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: Redback (Hardcover)

There are several wars going on... Women versus men, liberals versus conservatives, left wing versus right wing, academics versus real world, British versus colonials, rich versus poor etc. What are the odds that all of these wars victimize the same person, the hero (?) of this excellent book ! I cannot find any other way to comment on "Redback" except that I consider it one of the best examples of British humor and that I am certainly going to read every book written by Howard Jacobson