Publisher Description
The winner of the 2010 Man Booker Prize, Howard Jacobson, brims with life in this collection of his most acclaimed journalism. From the unusual disposal of his father-in-law's ashes and the cultural wasteland of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang to the melancholy sensuality of Leonard Cohen and desolation of Wagner's tragedies, Jacobson writes with all the thunder and joy of a man possessed. Absurdity piles upon absurdity, and glorious sentences weave together to create an hilarious, heartbreaking and uniquely human collection.
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About Howard Jacobson
Howard Jacobson, PhD, is
an online marketing consultant, health educator, and ecological gardener from
Durham, North Carolina. He earned Masters of Public Health and Doctor of Health
Studies degrees from Temple University, and a Bachelor of Arts degree in history
from Princeton. Howard cofounded VitruvianWay.com, an online marketing agency,
and is a coauthor of Google AdWords for Dummies. When Howard is not
chasing groundhogs away from blueberry bushes or wrestling with Google, he
relaxes by playing Ultimate Frisbee and campfire songs from the 1960s. His
current life goal is to turn the world into a giant food forest.